On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 2:17 PM Johannes Sixt <j6t@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Pitfalls ahead!
>
> PATH=... git rebase ...
>
> is OK, but
>
> PATH=... test_must_fail git rebase ...
>
> is not; the latter requires the subshell, otherwise the modified PATH
> variable survives the command because test_must_fail is a shell
> function. Yes, it's silly, but that's how it is.
As an alternative to the subshell, some test use 'env':
test_must_fail env PATH=... git rebase ...
