git/t/chainlint/complex-if-in-cuddled-loop.expect

(for i in a b c; do
   if test "$(echo $(waffle bat))" = "eleventeen" &&
     test "$x" = "$y"; then
     :
   else
     echo >file
   fi ?!LOOP?!
 done) &&
test ! -f file
chainlint.sed: stop splitting "(..." into separate lines "(" and "..." Because `sed` is line-oriented, for ease of implementation, when chainlint.sed encounters an opening subshell in which the first command is cuddled with the "(", it splits the line into two lines: one containing only "(", and the other containing whatever follows "(". This allows chainlint.sed to get by with a single set of regular expressions for matching shell statements rather than having to duplicate each expression (one set for matching non-cuddled statements, and one set for matching cuddled statements). However, although syntactically and semantically immaterial, this transformation has no value to test authors and might even confuse them into thinking that the linter is misbehaving by inserting (whitespace) line-noise into the shell code it is validating. Moreover, it also allows an implementation detail of chainlint.sed to seep into the chainlint self-test "expect" files, which potentially makes it difficult to reuse the self-tests should a more capable chainlint ever be developed. To address these concerns, stop splitting cuddled "(..." into two lines. Note that, as an implementation artifact, due to sed's line-oriented nature, this change inserts a blank line at output time just before the "(..." line is emitted. It would be possible to suppress this blank line but doing so would add a fair bit of complexity to chainlint.sed. Therefore, rather than suppressing the extra blank line, the Makefile's `check-chainlint` target which runs the chainlint self-tests is instead modified to ignore blank lines when comparing chainlint output against the self-test "expect" output. This is a reasonable compromise for two reasons. First, the purpose of the chainlint self-tests is to verify that the ?!AMP?! annotations are being correctly added; precise whitespace is immaterial. Second, by necessity, chainlint.sed itself already throws away all blank lines within subshells since, when checking for a broken &&-chain, it needs to check the final _statement_ in a subshell, not the final _line_ (which might be blank), thus it has never made any attempt to precisely reproduce blank lines in its output. Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> 2021-12-13 06:30:59 +00:00			`(for i in a b c; do`
t/chainlint: add chainlint "complex" test cases The --chain-lint option uses heuristics and knowledge of shell syntax to detect broken &&-chains in subshells by pure textual inspection. The heuristics handle a range of stylistic variations in existing tests (evolved over the years), however, they are still best-guesses. As such, it is possible for future changes to accidentally break assumptions upon which the heuristics are based. Protect against this possibility by adding tests which check the linter itself for correctness. In addition to protecting against regressions, these tests help document (for humans) expected behavior, which is important since the linter's implementation language ('sed') does not necessarily lend itself to easy comprehension. Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> 2018-07-11 06:46:41 +00:00			`if test "$(echo $(waffle bat))" = "eleventeen" &&`
			`test "$x" = "$y"; then`
			`:`
			`else`
			`echo >file`
chainlint.pl: complain about loops lacking explicit failure handling Shell `for` and `while` loops do not terminate automatically just because a command fails within the loop body. Instead, the loop continues to iterate and eventually returns the exit status of the final command of the final iteration, which may not be the command which failed, thus it is possible for failures to go undetected. Consequently, it is important for test authors to explicitly handle failure within the loop body by terminating the loop manually upon failure. This can be done by returning a non-zero exit code from within the loop body (i.e. `\|\| return 1`) or exiting (i.e. `\|\| exit 1`) if the loop is within a subshell, or by manually checking `$?` and taking some appropriate action. Therefore, add logic to detect and complain about loops which lack explicit `return` or `exit`, or `$?` check. Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> 2022-09-01 00:29:50 +00:00			`fi ?!LOOP?!`
chainlint.sed: drop subshell-closing ">" annotation chainlint.sed inserts a ">" annotation at the beginning of a line to signal that its heuristics have identified an end-of-subshell. This was useful as a debugging aid during development of the script, but it has no value to test writers and might even confuse them into thinking that the linter is misbehaving by inserting line-noise into the shell code it is validating. Moreover, its presence also potentially makes it difficult to reuse the chainlint self-test "expect" output should a more capable linter ever be developed. Therefore, drop the ">" annotation. Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> 2021-12-13 06:30:54 +00:00			`done) &&`
t/chainlint: add chainlint "complex" test cases The --chain-lint option uses heuristics and knowledge of shell syntax to detect broken &&-chains in subshells by pure textual inspection. The heuristics handle a range of stylistic variations in existing tests (evolved over the years), however, they are still best-guesses. As such, it is possible for future changes to accidentally break assumptions upon which the heuristics are based. Protect against this possibility by adding tests which check the linter itself for correctness. In addition to protecting against regressions, these tests help document (for humans) expected behavior, which is important since the linter's implementation language ('sed') does not necessarily lend itself to easy comprehension. Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> 2018-07-11 06:46:41 +00:00			`test ! -f file`