<rsbecker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Is this new test code? The local qualified appears to be a bash extension, > not available across all shells - from what I can determine. Is it really > required here or just fancy? You are asking a wrong person ;-) You know Git well enough to run "git blame" on this code yourself to answer the first question and find out whom to ask it: https://github.com/git/git/blame/master/t/test-lib-functions.sh#L1794
