Subject: [PATCH v2 1/2] t9300-fast-import: store the PID in a variable instead of pidfile

From: SZEDER Gábor <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2019 20:03:30 +0100

The five tests running 'git fast-import' in the background in
't9300-fast-import.sh' store the PID of that background process in a
pidfile, to be used to check whether that background process survived
each test and then to kill it in test_when_finished commands.  To
achieve this all these five tests run three $(cat <pidfile>) command
substitutions each.

Store the PID of the background 'git fast-import' in a variable to
avoid those extra processes.

Signed-off-by: SZEDER Gábor <[email-masked]>
---
 t/t9300-fast-import.sh | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/t/t9300-fast-import.sh b/t/t9300-fast-import.sh
index e707fb861e..6820ebbb63 100755
--- a/t/t9300-fast-import.sh
+++ b/t/t9300-fast-import.sh
@@ -3165,12 +3165,12 @@ background_import_then_checkpoint () {
 	rm V.output
 
 	git fast-import $options <&8 >&9 &
-	echo $! >V.pid
+	fi_pid=$!
 	# We don't mind if fast-import has already died by the time the test
 	# ends.
 	test_when_finished "
 		exec 8>&-; exec 9>&-;
-		kill $(cat V.pid) && wait $(cat V.pid)
+		kill $fi_pid && wait $fi_pid
 		true"
 
 	# Start in the background to ensure we adhere strictly to (blocking)
@@ -3202,7 +3202,7 @@ background_import_then_checkpoint () {
 }
 
 background_import_still_running () {
-	if ! kill -0 "$(cat V.pid)"
+	if ! kill -0 "$fi_pid"
 	then
 		echo >&2 "background fast-import terminated too early"
 		false
-- 
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