On Thu, Aug 19, 2021 at 3:58 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Eric Sunshine <sunshine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > I also find the test_pause() user-experience suboptimal and appreciate > > the idea of improving it. However, this approach seems fatally flawed. > > In particular, setting HOME to the user's real home directory could > > lead to undesirable results. When I'm using test_pause() to debug a > > problem with a test, I'm not just inspecting the test state, but I > > quite often interact with the state using the same Git commands as the > > test itself would use. > > Yes, I do agree with you that it is a valid concern. > > I wonder if the developers can configure tools used during debugging > session with XDG so that HOME can be kept for the "fake user that > ran the test suite, with the fake user's configuration"? I haven't studied XDG deeply enough to answer, though it would not help macOS or Windows users (but that's not an argument against pursuing an XDG solution -- it might still help some developers).
