t/Makefile: introduce TEST_SHELL_PATH

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ee9d5eb11ee213e61d395bac6f2420278698389c..ed96453b5cdcc7924bab39096649946826bbec9f 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -425,6 +425,10 @@ all::
 #
 # to say "export LESS=FRX (and LV=-c) if the environment variable
 # LESS (and LV) is not set, respectively".
+#
+# Define TEST_SHELL_PATH if you want to use a shell besides SHELL_PATH for
+# running the test scripts (e.g., bash has better support for "set -x"
+# tracing).
 
 GIT-VERSION-FILE: FORCE
        @$(SHELL_PATH) ./GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -727,6 +731,8 @@ endif
 export PERL_PATH
 export PYTHON_PATH
 
+TEST_SHELL_PATH = $(SHELL_PATH)
+
 LIB_FILE = libgit.a
 XDIFF_LIB = xdiff/lib.a
 VCSSVN_LIB = vcs-svn/lib.a
@@ -1721,6 +1727,7 @@ prefix_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(prefix))
 gitwebdir_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(gitwebdir))
 
 SHELL_PATH_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(SHELL_PATH))
+TEST_SHELL_PATH_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(TEST_SHELL_PATH))
 PERL_PATH_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(PERL_PATH))
 PYTHON_PATH_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(PYTHON_PATH))
 TCLTK_PATH_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(TCLTK_PATH))
@@ -2351,6 +2358,7 @@ GIT-LDFLAGS: FORCE
 # and the first level quoting from the shell that runs "echo".
 GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS: FORCE
        @echo SHELL_PATH=\''$(subst ','\'',$(SHELL_PATH_SQ))'\' >$@+
+       @echo TEST_SHELL_PATH=\''$(subst ','\'',$(TEST_SHELL_PATH_SQ))'\' >>$@+
        @echo PERL_PATH=\''$(subst ','\'',$(PERL_PATH_SQ))'\' >>$@+
        @echo DIFF=\''$(subst ','\'',$(subst ','\'',$(DIFF)))'\' >>$@+
        @echo PYTHON_PATH=\''$(subst ','\'',$(PYTHON_PATH_SQ))'\' >>$@+