On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 2:14 PM SZEDER Gábor <szeder.dev@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 12:24:57PM -0500, Eric Sunshine wrote: > > mv .git save.git && > > test_when_finished "mv save.git .git" && > > test_must_fail git maintenance run && > > test_must_fail git maintenance start > > Our test library contains the 'nongit' helper function exactly for > this purpose: > > nongit test_must_fail git maintenance run && > nongit test_must_fail git maintenance start Perfect. I forgot about nongit(). Thanks. I had intended on suggesting GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES in my response -- which is what nongit() employs -- but couldn't get it to work for some reason, so I instead suggested moving .git/ aside temporarily.