SZEDER Gábor <szeder.dev@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Mon, Aug 23, 2021 at 04:32:39PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: >> Mickey Endito <mickey.endito.2323@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >> > The variable D is never defined in test t5582, more severely the test >> > fails if D is defined by something outside the test suite, so remove >> > this spurious line. >> >> Wow. Well spotted. >> >> When D is left unset, we end up executing >> >> cd "" && ... >> >> and it explains why nobody noticed the breakage for nearly a year >> since c0192df6 (refspec: add support for negative refspecs, >> 2020-09-30) was written. >> >> >> Unlike the apparent >> copy-and-paste source, this is a more modern script that limits the >> chdir inside subshells to avoid moving around in the main flow of >> the test, and the fix proposed here looks the most sensible. > > 'grep " cd $" test-results/*.out' shows that there is a similar case > in 't5323-pack-redundant.sh' as well, in test 'master: pack-redundant > works with no packfile'. OK. A candidate for a separate patch, which would be a low-hanging fruit, I guess.