[PATCH] t6050-replace: don't disable stdin for the whole test script

[PATCH] t6050-replace: don't disable stdin for the whole test script

[SZEDER Gábor]

The test script 't6050-replace.sh' starts off with redirecting the
whole test script's stdin from /dev/null.  This redirection has been
there since the test script was introduced in a3e8267225
(replace_object: add a test case, 2009-01-23), but the commit message
doesn't explain why it was deemed necessary.  AFAICT, it has never
been necessary, and t6050 runs just fine and succeeds even without it,
not only the current version but past versions as well.

Besides being unnecessary, this redirection is also harmful, as it
prevents the test helper functions 'test_pause' and 'debug' from
working properly in t6050, because we can't enter any commands to the
shell and the debugger, respectively.

So let's remove that redirection.

Signed-off-by: SZEDER Gábor <szeder.dev@gmail.com>
---
 t/t6050-replace.sh | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/t/t6050-replace.sh b/t/t6050-replace.sh
index c630aba657..199fbc78a3 100755
--- a/t/t6050-replace.sh
+++ b/t/t6050-replace.sh
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 test_description='Tests replace refs functionality'
 
-exec </dev/null
-
 . ./test-lib.sh
 . "$TEST_DIRECTORY/lib-gpg.sh"
 
-- 
2.17.0.583.gcecc8b8e24

Re: [PATCH] t6050-replace: don't disable stdin for the whole test script

[Johannes Schindelin]

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Hi Gábor,

On Mon, 7 May 2018, SZEDER Gábor wrote:

> The test script 't6050-replace.sh' starts off with redirecting the whole
> test script's stdin from /dev/null.  This redirection has been there
> since the test script was introduced in a3e8267225 (replace_object: add
> a test case, 2009-01-23), but the commit message doesn't explain why it
> was deemed necessary.  AFAICT, it has never been necessary, and t6050
> runs just fine and succeeds even without it, not only the current
> version but past versions as well.
> 
> Besides being unnecessary, this redirection is also harmful, as it
> prevents the test helper functions 'test_pause' and 'debug' from working
> properly in t6050, because we can't enter any commands to the shell and
> the debugger, respectively.

The redirection might have been necessary before 781f76b1582 (test-lib:
redirect stdin of tests, 2011-12-15), but it definitely is not necessary
now.

Thanks,
Dscho

Re: [PATCH] t6050-replace: don't disable stdin for the whole test script

[SZEDER Gábor]

On Tue, May 8, 2018 at 10:53 PM, Johannes Schindelin
<Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> On Mon, 7 May 2018, SZEDER Gábor wrote:
>
>> The test script 't6050-replace.sh' starts off with redirecting the whole
>> test script's stdin from /dev/null.  This redirection has been there
>> since the test script was introduced in a3e8267225 (replace_object: add
>> a test case, 2009-01-23), but the commit message doesn't explain why it
>> was deemed necessary.  AFAICT, it has never been necessary, and t6050
>> runs just fine and succeeds even without it, not only the current
>> version but past versions as well.
>>
>> Besides being unnecessary, this redirection is also harmful, as it
>> prevents the test helper functions 'test_pause' and 'debug' from working
>> properly in t6050, because we can't enter any commands to the shell and
>> the debugger, respectively.
>
> The redirection might have been necessary before 781f76b1582 (test-lib:
> redirect stdin of tests, 2011-12-15), but it definitely is not necessary
> now.

That doesn't seem to be an issue in a3e8267225 (or in any other
commits touching t6050 since):

  $ echo foobar | ( ./t6050-replace.sh ; read input ; echo $input )
  *   ok 1: set up buggy branch
  *   ok 2: replace the author
  * passed all 2 test(s)
  foobar