Handle symlinks graciously

diff --git a/t/test-lib.sh b/t/test-lib.sh
index f2eccd79180deeb2283d60c00c12bc623f4e8317..a97d259e26bc269c8f370f1d3bfa82e7d6cb9831 100755 (executable)
--- a/t/test-lib.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ unset GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES
 unset GIT_AUTHOR_DATE
 unset GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL
 unset GIT_AUTHOR_NAME
+unset GIT_COMMITTER_DATE
 unset GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL
 unset GIT_COMMITTER_NAME
 unset GIT_DIFF_OPTS
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ test_expect_code () {
 test_done () {
        trap - exit
        case "$test_failure" in
-       0)      
+       0)
                # We could:
                # cd .. && rm -fr trash
                # but that means we forbid any tests that use their own
@@ -172,15 +173,30 @@ test_done () {
 # t/ subdirectory and are run in trash subdirectory.
 PATH=$(pwd)/..:$PATH
 GIT_EXEC_PATH=$(pwd)/..
-export GIT_EXEC_PATH
+export PATH GIT_EXEC_PATH
+
+# Similarly use ../compat/subprocess.py if our python does not
+# have subprocess.py on its own.
+PYTHON=`sed -e '1{
+       s/^#!//
+       q
+}' ../git-merge-recursive` || {
+       error "You haven't built things yet, have you?"
+}
+"$PYTHON" -c 'import subprocess' 2>/dev/null || {
+       PYTHONPATH=$(pwd)/../compat
+       export PYTHONPATH
+}
+test -d ../templates/blt || {
+       error "You haven't built things yet, have you?"
+}
 
 # Test repository
 test=trash
 rm -fr "$test"
 mkdir "$test"
 cd "$test"
-git-init-db --template=../../templates/blt/ 2>/dev/null ||
-error "cannot run git-init-db"
+"$GIT_EXEC_PATH/git" init-db --template=../../templates/blt/ 2>/dev/null ||
+error "cannot run git init-db -- have you built things yet?"
 
 mv .git/hooks .git/hooks-disabled
-