Re: [PATCH 1/2] t9902: fix 'test A == B' to use = operator

[Thomas Rast <trast@inf.ethz.ch>]

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

> Thomas Rast <trast@inf.ethz.ch> writes:
>
>> The == operator as an alias to = is not POSIX.  This doesn't actually
>> matter for the execution of the script, because it only runs when the
>> shell is bash.  However, it trips up test-lint, so it's nicer to use
>> the standard form.
>
> OK, my knee-jerk reaction was "this is only for bash" as you said,
> but the test-lint part I agree with.
>
> But then test-lint _ought_ to also catch the use of "local" in the
> ideal world, so perhaps in the longer term we would need to treat
> this bash-only script differently from others anyway???

True.  I didn't really think about wider implications; I just noticed
that there was an easy-to-fix complaint from test-lint :-)

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Thomas Rast
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