Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schinde...@gmx.de> writes: > Hi Junio, > > On Wed, 24 Oct 2018, Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> Slavica <slavicadj.ip2...@gmail.com> writes: >> >> > +test_expect_failure 'stash with HOME as non-existing directory' ' >> > + test_commit 1 && >> > + test_config user.useconfigonly true && >> > + test_config stash.usebuiltin true && >> > + ( >> > + HOME=$(pwd)/none && >> > + export HOME && >> >> What is the reason why this test needs to move HOME away from >> TRASH_DIRECTORY (set in t/test-lib.sh)? > > This is to make sure that no user.name nor user.email is configured. That > was my idea, hence I answer your question.
HOME is set to TRASH_DIRECTORY in t/test-lib.sh already, and we do so to avoid getting affected by the real $HOME/.gitconfig of the user who happens to be running the test suite. With that in place for ages, this test still moves HOME away from TRASH_DIRECTORY, and that is totally unnecessary if it is only done to avoid getting affected by the real $HOME/.gitconfig of the user. After all, this single test is not unique in its need to avoid reading from user's $HOME/.gitconfig---so I expected there may be other reasons. That is why I asked, and your response is not quite answering that question.
