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From: Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@gmail.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>, Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Cc: "Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>,
	"Git Mailing List" <git@vger.kernel.org>,
	"SZEDER Gábor" <szeder.dev@gmail.com>,
	"Johannes Schindelin" <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>,
	"Jens Lehmann" <Jens.Lehmann@web.de>,
	"Eric Sunshine" <sunshine@sunshineco.com>,
	"Taylor Blau" <me@ttaylorr.com>,
	"Carlo Arenas" <carenas@gmail.com>, "Jeff King" <peff@peff.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] test-lib-functions: optionally keep HOME, TERM and SHELL in 'test_pause'
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2021 09:10:51 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3256e230-9db4-57fa-8b43-b9d7e18ba725@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqa6kvoptx.fsf@gitster.g>

Hi Elijah and Junio,

Le 2021-09-01 à 19:09, Junio C Hamano a écrit :
> Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>>> Because a new process instance of $PAUSE_SHELL is run, the options
>>> you add when inserting test_pause does not affect what happens in
>>> the tests after you exit the $PAUSE_SHELL [*], right?
>>
>> I think the warning was less about what happens after test_pause is
>> complete and the testcase resumes, and more intended to convey that if
>> the user tries to manually copy & paste snippets of code from the test
>> into $PAUSE_SHELL, then the use of these flags can cause the result of
>> those pasted commands to differ.

Yes, I added the warnings based on the reticence I got in v1 to change the
behaviour without adding flags.

> 
> But the difference of TERM and SHELL are much smaller issue when one
> cuts and pastes the lines from the test script.  Even if you do not
> use -s or -t options, shell variables and helpers won't be available
> to the interactive session given by test_pause, and that is a much
> bigger difference between the "real" shell environment that is
> running the tests and the user's shell environment test_pause gives
> us.  That is why I think the WARNING should be attached _directly_
> to the description of test_pause and not to individual "this uses
> different X environment compared to the real shell environment
> running the tests" options.

OK, I can make that tweak.


Le 2021-09-01 à 17:52, Elijah Newren a écrit :
-- snip --
> those pasted commands to differ.  If so, a small rewording might be in
> order, e.g. "WARNING: this can cause commands run in the paused shell
> to give different results".  I'd also say the CAUTION would perhaps
> benefit from some rewording (since the option itself doesn't cause
> files to be overwritten), e.g. "CAUTION: using this option and copying
> commands from the test script into the paused shell might result in
> files in your HOME being overwritten".

Thanks for these suggestions, that wording does seem clearer.

Philippe.

  reply	other threads:[~2021-09-02 13:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-08-19 17:16 [PATCH 0/2] test-lib-functions.sh: keep user's HOME, TERM and SHELL for 'test_pause' and 'debug' Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
2021-08-19 17:16 ` [PATCH 1/2] test-lib-functions: use user's SHELL, HOME and TERM for 'test_pause' Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
2021-08-20  3:08   ` Carlo Arenas
2021-08-20 12:14     ` Philippe Blain
2021-08-19 17:16 ` [PATCH 2/2] test-lib-functions: use user's TERM and HOME for 'debug' Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
2021-08-19 19:24   ` Taylor Blau
2021-08-20  3:18     ` Carlo Arenas
2021-08-19 18:10 ` [PATCH 0/2] test-lib-functions.sh: keep user's HOME, TERM and SHELL for 'test_pause' and 'debug' Eric Sunshine
2021-08-19 19:57   ` Junio C Hamano
2021-08-19 20:14     ` Eric Sunshine
2021-08-19 20:03   ` Elijah Newren
2021-08-19 20:11     ` Eric Sunshine
2021-08-20 12:12       ` Philippe Blain
2021-08-20 15:50         ` Eric Sunshine
2021-08-20 18:23         ` Jeff King
2021-08-28  0:47 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] " Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
2021-08-28  0:47   ` [PATCH v2 1/3] test-lib-functions: use 'TEST_SHELL_PATH' in 'test_pause' Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
2021-08-28  0:47   ` [PATCH v2 2/3] test-lib-functions: optionally keep HOME, TERM and SHELL " Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
2021-08-28  7:27     ` Elijah Newren
2021-08-28 14:50       ` Philippe Blain
2021-08-28  0:47   ` [PATCH v2 3/3] test-lib-functions: optionally keep HOME and TERM in 'debug' Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
2021-09-01 13:31   ` [PATCH v3 0/3] test-lib-functions.sh: keep user's HOME, TERM and SHELL for 'test_pause' and 'debug' Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
2021-09-01 13:31     ` [PATCH v3 1/3] test-lib-functions: use 'TEST_SHELL_PATH' in 'test_pause' Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
2021-09-01 20:04       ` Junio C Hamano
2021-09-01 13:31     ` [PATCH v3 2/3] test-lib-functions: optionally keep HOME, TERM and SHELL " Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
2021-09-01 20:26       ` Junio C Hamano
2021-09-01 21:52         ` Elijah Newren
2021-09-01 23:09           ` Junio C Hamano
2021-09-02 13:10             ` Philippe Blain [this message]
2021-09-01 13:31     ` [PATCH v3 3/3] test-lib-functions: optionally keep HOME and TERM in 'debug' Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
2021-09-06  4:20     ` [PATCH v4 0/3] test-lib-functions.sh: keep user's HOME, TERM and SHELL for 'test_pause' and 'debug' Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
2021-09-06  4:20       ` [PATCH v4 1/3] test-lib-functions: use 'TEST_SHELL_PATH' in 'test_pause' Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
2021-09-06  4:20       ` [PATCH v4 2/3] test-lib-functions: optionally keep HOME, TERM and SHELL " Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
2021-09-06  4:20       ` [PATCH v4 3/3] test-lib-functions: keep user's debugger config files and TERM in 'debug' Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
2021-09-06  4:38       ` [PATCH v5 0/3] test-lib-functions.sh: keep user's HOME, TERM and SHELL for 'test_pause' and 'debug' Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
2021-09-06  4:38         ` [PATCH v5 1/3] test-lib-functions: use 'TEST_SHELL_PATH' in 'test_pause' Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
2021-09-06  4:38         ` [PATCH v5 2/3] test-lib-functions: optionally keep HOME, TERM and SHELL " Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
2021-09-06  4:39         ` [PATCH v5 3/3] test-lib-functions: keep user's debugger config files and TERM in 'debug' Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
2021-09-07  6:24         ` [PATCH v5 0/3] test-lib-functions.sh: keep user's HOME, TERM and SHELL for 'test_pause' and 'debug' Elijah Newren

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