On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 06:35:58PM -0700, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > > + > > + # Check that the expected number of workers has been used. Note that it > > + # can be different than the requested number in two cases: when the > > + # quantity of entries to be checked out is less than the number of > > + # workers; and when the threshold has not been reached. > > + # > > + local workers_in_trace=$(grep "child_start\[.\+\] git checkout--helper" trace | wc -l) && > > Do we use grep's \+ operator in other tests? I thought we preferred to > use the more portable *, but it may be that I'm out of date. You're not out-of-date; I looked at this myself a couple of months ago: https://lore.kernel.org/git/20200812140352.GC74542@xxxxxxx/ Thanks, Taylor