On Thu, Sep 05, 2019 at 11:17:57AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Taylor Blau <me@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > - t/t3005: this script calls the variable '$new_line', but could be > > renamed to LF and then removed in a second patch > > It is worse than that, isn't it? > > If it used $new_line, then it would probably have been a good idea > to somehow make a separate patch related to this one and make a > series about "use $LF from test-lib", but ever since its beginning > at 0f64bfa9 ("ls-files: fix pathspec display on error", 2011-08-01), > $new_line is assigned once but never used in the script. Ah, thanks for catching it ;-). I think the patch below the scissors is totally right; there's obviously no need for a preparatory patch here other than the one you provided. > Somebody may want to go clean-up the use of various $sq and $SQ > locally defined by giving a unified $SQ in test-lib.sh, by the way. > > -- >8 -- > Subject: t3005: remove unused variable > > Since the beginning of the script, $new_line variable was never used. > Remove it. > > Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > t/t3005-ls-files-relative.sh | 2 -- > 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/t/t3005-ls-files-relative.sh b/t/t3005-ls-files-relative.sh > index 209b4c7cd8..583e467683 100755 > --- a/t/t3005-ls-files-relative.sh > +++ b/t/t3005-ls-files-relative.sh > @@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ This test runs git ls-files with various relative path arguments. > > . ./test-lib.sh > > -new_line=' > -' > sq=\' > > test_expect_success 'prepare' ' Thanks, Taylor