The parallel checkout tests fail when run with /bin/dash on MacOS 11.4, reporting the following error: ./t2080-parallel-checkout-basics.sh: 33: local: 0: bad variable name That's because wc's output contains leading spaces and this version of dash erroneously expands the variable declaration as "local workers= 0", i.e. it tries to set the "workers" variable to the empty string and also declare a variable named "0", which not a valid name. This is a known dash bug (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dash/+bug/139097). Work around it by passing the command output directly to test instead of storing it in a variable first. While at it, let grep count the number of lines instead of piping its output to wc, which is a bit shorter and more efficient. Helped-by: Matheus Tavares Bernardino <matheus.bernardino@xxxxxx> Signed-off-by: René Scharfe <l.s.r@xxxxxx> --- Changes since v1: - Explain the root cause. - Get rid of the local variable "workers". - Adjust title accordingly. - Still use grep -c, though. - Remove input redirection. t/lib-parallel-checkout.sh | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/t/lib-parallel-checkout.sh b/t/lib-parallel-checkout.sh index 21f5759732..66350d5207 100644 --- a/t/lib-parallel-checkout.sh +++ b/t/lib-parallel-checkout.sh @@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ test_checkout_workers () { rm -f "$trace_file" && GIT_TRACE2="$(pwd)/$trace_file" "$@" 2>&8 && - local workers=$(grep "child_start\[..*\] git checkout--worker" "$trace_file" | wc -l) && - test $workers -eq $expected_workers && + test $(grep -c "child_start\[..*\] git checkout--worker" "$trace_file") -eq $expected_workers && rm "$trace_file" } 8>&2 2>&4 -- 2.31.1
