Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@xxxxxx> writes: > >> Thanks for the detailed suggestion. >> Instead of using a file for putting out non portable syntax, >> can we can use a similar logic as test_failure ? > > Your test_bad_syntax_ function can be called from a subshell, and > its "exit 1" will not exit, no? What is more important is that the increment to $test_bad_syntax done in that function will not be propagated up to the main process that runs the test framework. Of course, that is why I mentioned communicating using the filesystem. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html