Ramsay Jones <ramsay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Commit cf9e55f494 ("submodule: prevent backslash expantion in submodule
> names", 07-04-2017) added a test which creates a git repository with
> some backslash characters in the name. On windows, where the backslash
> character is a directory separator, it is not possible to create a
> repository with the name 'sub\with\backslash'. (The NTFS filesystem would
> probably allow it, but the win32 api does not). The MinGW and Git for
> Windows versions of git actually create a repository called 'backslash'
> in the sub-directory 'sub/with'.
>
> On cygwin, however, due to the slightly schizophrenic treatment of the
> backslash character by cygwin-git, this test fails at the 'git init'
> stage. The git-init command does not recognise the directory separators
> in the input path (eg. is_dir_sep('\\') is false), so it does not
> attempt to create the leading directories 'sub/with'. (The call to
> mkdir('sub\\with\\backslash') actually does recognise the directory
> separators, but fails because the 'sub/with' directory doesn't exist).
>
> In order to suppress the test failure (for now), add the !CYGWIN test
> prerequisite.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ramsay Jones <ramsay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> Hi Junio,
>
> This is the 'v2' re-roll of the 'BSLASHPSEC' patch. :-D
>
Thanks.
> ATB,
> Ramsay Jones
>
> t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh b/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh
> index c2706fe47..d0357f1d8 100755
> --- a/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh
> +++ b/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh
> @@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ test_expect_success 'submodule add with ./, /.. and // in path' '
> test_cmp empty untracked
> '
>
> -test_expect_success 'submodule add with \\ in path' '
> +test_expect_success !CYGWIN 'submodule add with \\ in path' '
> test_when_finished "rm -rf parent sub\\with\\backslash" &&
>
> # Initialize a repo with a backslash in its name