GNU bug report logs - #58265
29.0.50; [PATCH] $HOME adjustment for 'ert-remote-temporary-file-directory' is wrong

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From: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 29.0.50; [PATCH] $HOME adjustment for
 'ert-remote-temporary-file-directory' is wrong
Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2022 18:32:32 -0700

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I tried to use 'ert-remote-temporary-file-directory' in a test for an 
external package, but it ended up breaking some existing tests simply by 
requiring both tramp and ert-x. These tests indirectly used 'cd' (by way 
of 'compilation-start'), which triggered the failure.

Steps to reproduce:

  $ mkdir -p ~/src
  $ emacs -Q --batch -l tramp -l ert-x --eval '(cd "~/src/")'

Result:

  Error: error ("No such directory: ~/src/")
    mapbacktrace(#f(compiled-function (evald func args flags) 
#<bytecode 0xc43976fdbae86a5>))
    debug-early-backtrace()
    debug-early(error (error "No such directory: ~/src/"))
    error("No such directory: %s" "~/src/")
    cd("~/src")
    eval((cd "~/src") t)
    command-line-1(("-l" "tramp" "-l" "ert-x" "--eval" "(cd \"~/src/\")"))
    command-line()
    normal-top-level()
  No such directory: ~/src/

Looking at ert-x.el, I think this is because 
'ert-remote-temporary-file-directory' does some fixup on $HOME, but it 
was too aggressive. See attached.

[0001-Fix-logic-of-HOME-adjustment-for-ert-remote-temporar.patch (text/plain, attachment)]

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