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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Ben Walton <bdwalton@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] t/t5400-send-pack: Use POSIX options to cp for portability
Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2012 10:45:49 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7vvcekluwi.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7vd30snbtk.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> (Junio C. Hamano's message of "Mon, 08 Oct 2012 09:55:03 -0700")

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

>> Thanks, but is "-p" essential for this test to pass, or can we get
>> away with just "-R"?
>
> Besides, when you spot a potential problem, please ask "git grep"
> to catch them all.

In other words, how about doing this instead?

-- >8 --
Subject: tests: "cp -a" is a GNUism

These tests just wants a bit-for-bit identical copy; they do not
need -H (there is no symbolic link involved) nor -p (there is no
funny permission or ownership issues involved).  Just use "cp -R"
instead.
---
 t/t5400-send-pack.sh      | 2 +-
 t/t5550-http-fetch.sh     | 2 +-
 t/t5800-remote-helpers.sh | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/t/t5400-send-pack.sh b/t/t5400-send-pack.sh
index 250c720..418f515 100755
--- a/t/t5400-send-pack.sh
+++ b/t/t5400-send-pack.sh
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ test_expect_success 'receive-pack runs auto-gc in remote repo' '
 	    git commit -a -m "Second commit" &&
 	    git repack
 	) &&
-	cp -a parent child &&
+	cp -R parent child &&
 	(
 	    # Set the child to auto-pack if more than one pack exists
 	    cd child &&
diff --git a/t/t5550-http-fetch.sh b/t/t5550-http-fetch.sh
index 16ef041..80d20c8 100755
--- a/t/t5550-http-fetch.sh
+++ b/t/t5550-http-fetch.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ test_expect_success 'setup repository' '
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'create http-accessible bare repository with loose objects' '
-	cp -a .git "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH/repo.git" &&
+	cp -R .git "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH/repo.git" &&
 	(cd "$HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH/repo.git" &&
 	 git config core.bare true &&
 	 mkdir -p hooks &&
diff --git a/t/t5800-remote-helpers.sh b/t/t5800-remote-helpers.sh
index 5702334..e7dc668 100755
--- a/t/t5800-remote-helpers.sh
+++ b/t/t5800-remote-helpers.sh
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ test_expect_success 'pushing to local repo' '
 # git-remote-testgit, but is too slow to leave in for general use.
 : test_expect_success 'racily pushing to local repo' '
 	test_when_finished "rm -rf server2 localclone2" &&
-	cp -a server server2 &&
+	cp -R server server2 &&
 	git clone "testgit::${PWD}/server2" localclone2 &&
 	(cd localclone2 &&
 	echo content >>file &&
-- 
1.8.0.rc0.95.g9b3a052

  reply	other threads:[~2012-10-08 17:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-10-08  8:08 [PATCH] t/t5400-send-pack: Use POSIX options to cp for portability Ben Walton
2012-10-08 16:35 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-10-08 16:55   ` Junio C Hamano
2012-10-08 17:45     ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2012-10-08 20:05       ` Ben Walton
2012-10-08 21:19         ` Junio C Hamano
2012-10-09  7:15     ` Joachim Schmitz

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