To get the 'value' from '--option=value', test-lib.sh parses said option running 'expr' with a regexp. This involves a subshell, an external process, and a lot of non-alphanumeric characters in the regexp. Use a much simpler POSIX-defined shell parameter expansion instead to do the same. Signed-off-by: SZEDER Gábor <szeder@xxxxxxxxxx> --- >> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > I count 5 cases in my copy of test-lib.sh. I think you are missing > "--run". Oh, indeed, '--run' managed to hide between these -l|--l|--lo|--lon|--long patterns. t/test-lib.sh | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/t/test-lib.sh b/t/test-lib.sh index 0b47eb6bb299..79afa8748eec 100644 --- a/t/test-lib.sh +++ b/t/test-lib.sh @@ -202,13 +202,13 @@ do } run_list=$1; shift ;; --run=*) - run_list=$(expr "z$1" : 'z[^=]*=\(.*\)'); shift ;; + run_list=${1#--*=}; shift ;; -h|--h|--he|--hel|--help) help=t; shift ;; -v|--v|--ve|--ver|--verb|--verbo|--verbos|--verbose) verbose=t; shift ;; --verbose-only=*) - verbose_only=$(expr "z$1" : 'z[^=]*=\(.*\)') + verbose_only=${1#--*=} shift ;; -q|--q|--qu|--qui|--quie|--quiet) # Ignore --quiet under a TAP::Harness. Saying how many tests @@ -222,15 +222,15 @@ do valgrind=memcheck shift ;; --valgrind=*) - valgrind=$(expr "z$1" : 'z[^=]*=\(.*\)') + valgrind=${1#--*=} shift ;; --valgrind-only=*) - valgrind_only=$(expr "z$1" : 'z[^=]*=\(.*\)') + valgrind_only=${1#--*=} shift ;; --tee) shift ;; # was handled already --root=*) - root=$(expr "z$1" : 'z[^=]*=\(.*\)') + root=${1#--*=} shift ;; --chain-lint) GIT_TEST_CHAIN_LINT=1 -- 2.8.1.99.g5d5236f -- 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