The five tests running 'git fast-import' in the background in 't9300-fast-import.sh' store the PID of that background process in a pidfile, to be used to check whether that background process survived each test and then to kill it in test_when_finished commands. To achieve this all these five tests run three $(cat <pidfile>) command substitutions each. Store the PID of the background 'git fast-import' in a variable to avoid those extra processes. Signed-off-by: SZEDER Gábor <szeder.dev@xxxxxxxxx> --- t/t9300-fast-import.sh | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/t/t9300-fast-import.sh b/t/t9300-fast-import.sh index e707fb861e..6820ebbb63 100755 --- a/t/t9300-fast-import.sh +++ b/t/t9300-fast-import.sh @@ -3165,12 +3165,12 @@ background_import_then_checkpoint () { rm V.output git fast-import $options <&8 >&9 & - echo $! >V.pid + fi_pid=$! # We don't mind if fast-import has already died by the time the test # ends. test_when_finished " exec 8>&-; exec 9>&-; - kill $(cat V.pid) && wait $(cat V.pid) + kill $fi_pid && wait $fi_pid true" # Start in the background to ensure we adhere strictly to (blocking) @@ -3202,7 +3202,7 @@ background_import_then_checkpoint () { } background_import_still_running () { - if ! kill -0 "$(cat V.pid)" + if ! kill -0 "$fi_pid" then echo >&2 "background fast-import terminated too early" false -- 2.24.0.801.g241c134b8d