Re: t3701 fails if core.filemode disabled

[Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>]

Jeff King, Sun, May 18, 2008 21:08:39 +0200:
> On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 05:23:37PM +0200, Alex Riesen wrote:
> 
> > This is on Cygwin, yes. I have the core.filemode disabled in
> > ~/.gitconfig. How about stopping the test before the failing portion
> > (only the last two fail, below)?
> 
> What's in your ~/.gitconfig shouldn't have any effect (the test scripts
> take care to avoid looking at anything outside of your git directory).
> But presumably this test is broken on Cygwin, anyway?

Correct.

> I don't mind disabling these tests if they don't make sense on certain
> platforms, but regarding your specific proposal:
> 
>   - can you confirm that the test doesn't make sense, and not that it is
>     simply broken on cygwin? Does changing your ~/.gitconfig's
>     core.filemode make a difference? It shouldn't, but that could be
>     a bug in test-lib. What happens if you run the test manually? Does
>     git-add just not prompt for the mode change?

I setting core.filemode _inside_ the test breaks it in exactly the
same way (on Linux, I'm at home). I'll retest tomorrow

>   - if the tests are to be disabled, I think it is better to
>        if tests_make_sense; do
>          tests
>        fi
>     rather than exiting the script. It is less error prone if tests get
>     added later.

I agree

>   - What is the right tests_make_sense? You are checking core.filemode,
>     but that should not be leaking in from your .gitconfig. Does cygwin
>     have a different defaults for that value?

Could be.

>     Is it actually a matter of being on a filesystem which doesn't
>     properly handle the executable bit?

That - too. I shall see tomorrow