I noticed on Friday, while testing the v2.25.0-rc0 build, that test t6137
failed on cygwin:
$ tail test-out-2-50-rc0
Test Summary Report
-------------------
t6137-pathspec-wildcards-literal.sh (Wstat: 256 (exited 1) Tests: 25 Failed: 11)
Failed tests: 2, 7, 9, 11, 14-15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25
Non-zero exit status: 1
Files=1023, Tests=30946, 21783 wallclock secs (19.08 usr 42.17 sys + 4031.65 cusr 12965.78 csys = 17058.68 CPU)
Result: FAIL
make[1]: *** [Makefile:78: prove] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/ramsay/git/t'
make: *** [Makefile:3286: test] Error 2
$
A quick squint at the failing tests made it clear that the failure was
caused by the cygwin build treating a quoted glob character sequence
(e.g. '\*') as a directory separator char followed by a glob character.
To show this, I quickly hacked up a patch which causes the test to pass:
diff --git a/abspath.h b/abspath.h
index 4653080d5e..a5e30a3033 100644
--- a/abspath.h
+++ b/abspath.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ char *prefix_filename_except_for_dash(const char *prefix, const char *path);
static inline int is_absolute_path(const char *path)
{
- return is_dir_sep(path[0]) || has_dos_drive_prefix(path);
+ return /*is_dir_sep(path[0])*/ path[0] == '/' || has_dos_drive_prefix(path);
}
/**
diff --git a/path.c b/path.c
index 3b598b2847..f000b9ffff 100644
--- a/path.c
+++ b/path.c
@@ -1223,13 +1223,15 @@ int normalize_path_copy_len(char *dst, const char *src, int *prefix_len)
end = src + offset_1st_component(src);
while (src < end) {
char c = *src++;
+#ifdef DUMMY
if (is_dir_sep(c))
c = '/';
+#endif
*dst++ = c;
}
dst0 = dst;
- while (is_dir_sep(*src))
+ while (/*is_dir_sep(*src)*/ *src == '/')
src++;
for (;;) {
@@ -1247,10 +1249,10 @@ int normalize_path_copy_len(char *dst, const char *src, int *prefix_len)
if (!src[1]) {
/* (1) */
src++;
- } else if (is_dir_sep(src[1])) {
+ } else if (/*is_dir_sep(src[1])*/ src[1] == '/') {
/* (2) */
src += 2;
- while (is_dir_sep(*src))
+ while (/*is_dir_sep(*src)*/ *src == '/')
src++;
continue;
} else if (src[1] == '.') {
@@ -1258,10 +1260,10 @@ int normalize_path_copy_len(char *dst, const char *src, int *prefix_len)
/* (3) */
src += 2;
goto up_one;
- } else if (is_dir_sep(src[2])) {
+ } else if (/*is_dir_sep(src[2])*/ src[2] == '/') {
/* (4) */
src += 3;
- while (is_dir_sep(*src))
+ while (/*is_dir_sep(*src)*/ *src == '/')
src++;
goto up_one;
}
@@ -1269,11 +1271,11 @@ int normalize_path_copy_len(char *dst, const char *src, int *prefix_len)
}
/* copy up to the next '/', and eat all '/' */
- while ((c = *src++) != '\0' && !is_dir_sep(c))
+ while ((c = *src++) != '\0' && !(/*is_dir_sep(c)*/ c == '/'))
*dst++ = c;
- if (is_dir_sep(c)) {
+ if (/*is_dir_sep(c)*/ c == '/') {
*dst++ = '/';
- while (is_dir_sep(c))
+ while (/*is_dir_sep(c)*/ c == '/')
c = *src++;
src--;
} else if (!c)
In other words, in 'is_absolute_path()' and 'normalize_path_copy_len()', then
just disable the '\' character as a path separator! ;)
This was just to demonstrate the problem, not a serious patch, of course!
I was away for the weekend and was expecting to see a patch to fix this
on Gfw when I got back, but to my surprise there has been no mention of
it on the mailing list (having now waded through the backlog!).
To be clear, I can not imagine that this test passes on Gfw. However, this
should have been failing the windows CI for ages, so ... perhaps I don't
have a sufficiently vivid imagination. :)
Anyway, the patch below 'fixes' the issue on cygwin.
Thanks.
ATB,
Ramsay Jones
---- >8 ----
From: Ramsay Jones <ramsay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2025 22:51:33 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] t6137: disable 'quoted glob' pathspecs on cygwin
The backslash in a 'quoted glob' character is treated as a directory
separator character on cygwin, which causes all such tests to fail.
Skip all such tests on cygwin using the !CYGWIN prerequisite. While
here, fix a few test titles as well.
Signed-off-by: Ramsay Jones <ramsay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
t/t6137-pathspec-wildcards-literal.sh | 24 ++++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/t/t6137-pathspec-wildcards-literal.sh b/t/t6137-pathspec-wildcards-literal.sh
index 20abad5667..229e48282e 100755
--- a/t/t6137-pathspec-wildcards-literal.sh
+++ b/t/t6137-pathspec-wildcards-literal.sh
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ test_expect_success 'add wildcard *' '
)
'
-test_expect_success 'add literal \*' '
+test_expect_success !CYGWIN 'add literal \*' '
git init test-asterisk-literal &&
(
cd test-asterisk-literal &&
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ test_expect_success 'add wildcard f*' '
)
'
-test_expect_success 'add literal f\*' '
+test_expect_success !CYGWIN 'add literal f\*' '
git init test-f-lit &&
(
cd test-f-lit &&
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ test_expect_success 'add wildcard f**' '
)
'
-test_expect_success 'add literal f\*\*' '
+test_expect_success !CYGWIN 'add literal f\*\*' '
git init test-fdstar-lit &&
(
cd test-fdstar-lit &&
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ test_expect_success 'add wildcard f?z' '
)
'
-test_expect_success 'add literal \? literal' '
+test_expect_success !CYGWIN 'add literal \? literal' '
git init test-q-lit &&
(
cd test-q-lit &&
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ test_expect_success 'add wildcard hello?world' '
)
'
-test_expect_success 'add literal hello\?world' '
+test_expect_success !CYGWIN 'add literal hello\?world' '
git init test-hellolit &&
(
cd test-hellolit &&
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ test_expect_success 'add literal hello\?world' '
)
'
-test_expect_success 'add literal [abc]' '
+test_expect_success !CYGWIN 'add literal \[abc\]' '
git init test-brackets-lit &&
(
cd test-brackets-lit &&
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ test_expect_success 'commit: wildcard *' '
)
'
-test_expect_success 'commit: literal *' '
+test_expect_success !CYGWIN 'commit: literal \*' '
git init test-c-asterisk-lit &&
(
cd test-c-asterisk-lit &&
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ test_expect_success 'commit: wildcard f*' '
)
'
-test_expect_success 'commit: literal f\*' '
+test_expect_success !CYGWIN 'commit: literal f\*' '
git init test-c-flit &&
(
cd test-c-flit &&
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ test_expect_success 'commit: literal f\*' '
)
'
-test_expect_success 'commit: wildcard pathspec limits commit' '
+test_expect_success 'commit: wildcard f**' '
git init test-c-pathlimit &&
(
cd test-c-pathlimit &&
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ test_expect_success 'commit: wildcard pathspec limits commit' '
)
'
-test_expect_success 'commit: literal f\*\*' '
+test_expect_success !CYGWIN 'commit: literal f\*\*' '
git init test-c-fdstar-lit &&
(
cd test-c-fdstar-lit &&
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ test_expect_success 'commit: wildcard ?' '
)
'
-test_expect_success 'commit: literal \?' '
+test_expect_success !CYGWIN 'commit: literal \?' '
git init test-c-qlit &&
(
cd test-c-qlit &&
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ test_expect_success 'commit: wildcard hello?world' '
)
'
-test_expect_success 'commit: literal hello\?world' '
+test_expect_success !CYGWIN 'commit: literal hello\?world' '
git init test-c-hellolit &&
(
cd test-c-hellolit &&
--
2.49.0
