Merge branch 'cn/diff-indent-no-longer-is-experimental'

diff --git a/t/t0000-basic.sh b/t/t0000-basic.sh
index 60811a3a7ca56f995ecda5944121127e2a330bc0..7fd87dd5444040ad7273be51c29a56dea738a861 100755 (executable)
--- a/t/t0000-basic.sh
+++ b/t/t0000-basic.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,31 @@ modification *should* take notice and update the test vectors here.
 
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
+try_local_x () {
+       local x="local" &&
+       echo "$x"
+}
+
+# This test is an experiment to check whether any Git users are using
+# Shells that don't support the "local" keyword. "local" is not
+# POSIX-standard, but it is very widely supported by POSIX-compliant
+# shells, and if it doesn't cause problems for people, we would like
+# to be able to use it in Git code.
+#
+# For now, this is the only test that requires "local". If your shell
+# fails this test, you can ignore the failure, but please report the
+# problem to the Git mailing list <git@vger.kernel.org>, as it might
+# convince us to continue avoiding the use of "local".
+test_expect_success 'verify that the running shell supports "local"' '
+       x="notlocal" &&
+       echo "local" >expected1 &&
+       try_local_x >actual1 &&
+       test_cmp expected1 actual1 &&
+       echo "notlocal" >expected2 &&
+       echo "$x" >actual2 &&
+       test_cmp expected2 actual2
+'
+
 ################################################################
 # git init has been done in an empty repository.
 # make sure it is empty.
@@ -834,7 +859,7 @@ test_expect_success 'git write-tree should be able to write an empty tree' '
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'validate object ID of a known tree' '
-       test "$tree" = 4b825dc642cb6eb9a060e54bf8d69288fbee4904
+       test "$tree" = $EMPTY_TREE
 '
 
 # Various types of objects