From fae15296eca133c53e17e379e2efc839e4c1907e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tomi Ollila Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 19:16:43 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] test: unset 'xpg_echo' bash shell option When 'xpg_echo' bash shell option is unset (usually the default) echo builtin does not expand backslash-escape sequences by default (i.e. '\n' is echoed as '\n' instead of newline). Not all bash installations have this feature we depend on activated by default. Note that the feature is bash (and GNU /bin/echo) specific. It is used as it is convenient. If portability is needed (elsewhere) use printf(1) (also often available as a shell builtin). --- test/test-lib.sh | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/test/test-lib.sh b/test/test-lib.sh index ffab1bb5..d3a8c58e 100644 --- a/test/test-lib.sh +++ b/test/test-lib.sh @@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ if [ ${BASH_VERSINFO[0]} -lt 4 ]; then exit 1 fi +# Make sure echo builtin does not expand backslash-escape sequences by default. +shopt -u xpg_echo + # if --tee was passed, write the output not only to the terminal, but # additionally to the file test-results/$BASENAME.out, too. case "$GIT_TEST_TEE_STARTED, $* " in