Re: [PATCH] t/test-lib.sh: minor readability improvements

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Mathias Lafeldt <misfire@debugon.org> writes:

> Tweak/apply parameter expansion. Also use here document to save
> test results instead of appending each line with ">>".

Thanks.  A few minor nits.

> Signed-off-by: Mathias Lafeldt <misfire@debugon.org>
> ---
>  t/test-lib.sh |   18 ++++++++++--------
>  1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/t/test-lib.sh b/t/test-lib.sh
> index abc47f3..b30725f 100644
> --- a/t/test-lib.sh
> +++ b/t/test-lib.sh
> @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ done,*)
>  *' --tee '*|*' --va'*)
>  	mkdir -p test-results
>  	BASE=test-results/$(basename "$0" .sh)
> -	(GIT_TEST_TEE_STARTED=done ${SHELL-sh} "$0" "$@" 2>&1;
> +	(GIT_TEST_TEE_STARTED=done ${SHELL-"sh"} "$0" "$@" 2>&1;

Looks unnecessary.  Superstition?

>  	 echo $? > $BASE.exit) | tee $BASE.out
>  	test "$(cat $BASE.exit)" = 0
>  	exit
> @@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ test_external () {
>  test_external_without_stderr () {
>  	# The temporary file has no (and must have no) security
>  	# implications.
> -	tmp="$TMPDIR"; if [ -z "$tmp" ]; then tmp=/tmp; fi
> +	tmp=${TMPDIR:-"/tmp"}
>  	stderr="$tmp/git-external-stderr.$$.tmp"
>  	test_external "$@" 4> "$stderr"
>  	[ -f "$stderr" ] || error "Internal error: $stderr disappeared."
> @@ -801,12 +801,14 @@ test_done () {
>  		mkdir -p "$test_results_dir"
>  		test_results_path="$test_results_dir/${0%.sh}-$$.counts"
>  
> -		echo "total $test_count" >> $test_results_path
> -		echo "success $test_success" >> $test_results_path
> -		echo "fixed $test_fixed" >> $test_results_path
> -		echo "broken $test_broken" >> $test_results_path
> -		echo "failed $test_failure" >> $test_results_path
> -		echo "" >> $test_results_path
> +		cat >> "$test_results_path" <<EOF
> +total $test_count
> +success $test_success
> +fixed $test_fixed
> +broken $test_broken
> +failed $test_failure
> +
> +EOF

It may probably be even easier to read if you indented the whole thing,
using the dash before the here-doc marker, like so:

	cat >>"$test_results_path" <<-EOF
	total $test_count
        success $test_success
        ...
        EOF