Author: danielsh
Date: Mon Jul 2 19:56:09 2018
New Revision: 1834878
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1834878&view=rev
Log:
* tools/dist/backport_tests.py
(chdir): Add a docstring emphasising that this isn't fchdir(). Not driven so
much by needs of this file as by the likelihood that someone
(possibly
future me) will crib this function for use elsewhere.
Modified:
subversion/trunk/tools/dist/backport_tests.py
Modified: subversion/trunk/tools/dist/backport_tests.py
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/subversion/trunk/tools/dist/backport_tests.py?rev=1834878&r1=1834877&r2=1834878&view=diff
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--- subversion/trunk/tools/dist/backport_tests.py (original)
+++ subversion/trunk/tools/dist/backport_tests.py Mon Jul 2 19:56:09 2018
@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ import sys
@contextlib.contextmanager
def chdir(dir):
+ """This is a context manager that saves the current working directory's
+ pathname. Upon entry it chdir's to the argument DIR; upon exit it chdir's
+ back to the saved pathname.
+
+ The current working directory is restored using os.chdir(), not os.fchdir().
+ """
try:
saved_dir = os.getcwd()
os.chdir(dir)
