I didn't dug more deeply than what the title says. expecting success of 0012.33 'add can handle -h': ( GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES=$(pwd) && export GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES && test_expect_code 129 git -C sub $builtin -h >output 2>&1 ) && test_grep usage output /home/gitster/w/buildfarm/seen/t/test-lib-functions.sh: line 1239: 270317 Segmentation fault "$@" 2>&7 test_expect_code: command exited with 139, we wanted 129 git -C sub add -h not ok 33 - add can handle -h # # ( # GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES=$(pwd) && # export GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES && # test_expect_code 129 git -C sub $builtin -h >output 2>&1 # ) && # test_grep usage output