commit 3503d7c94a6c8c2a5ca1665d648d0cb81afcc863
author Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Sat Nov 09 20:10:17 2019 +0100
committer Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Sat Nov 09 20:10:17 2019 +0100
tree 1084785735f6ed7f60ef12045d016977ae92c377
parent b73e439606b55d66d9e81da1f9cae729af37cf04

patch 8.1.2278: using "cd" with "exe" may fail

Problem:    Using "cd" with "exe" may fail.
Solution:   Use chdir() instead.

src/testdir/test_cd.vim

diff --git a/src/testdir/test_cd.vim b/src/testdir/test_cd.vim
index c3589b4..bdb26cd 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_cd.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_cd.vim
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   let path = getcwd()
   cd ..
   call assert_notequal(path, getcwd())
-  exe 'cd ' . path
+  exe 'cd ' .. fnameescape(path)
   call assert_equal(path, getcwd())
 endfunc
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     cd
     call assert_equal($HOME, getcwd())
     call assert_notequal(path, getcwd())
-    exe 'cd ' . path
+    exe 'cd ' .. fnameescape(path)
     call assert_equal(path, getcwd())
   else
     " Test that cd without argument echoes cwd on non-Unix systems.
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 
   " :cd should succeed when buffer has been written.
   w!
-  exe 'cd ' . path
+  exe 'cd ' .. fnameescape(path)
   call assert_equal(path, getcwd())
 
   call delete('Xfoo')
@@ -103,6 +103,6 @@
   call assert_equal("", d)
 
   only | tabonly
-  exe 'cd ' . topdir
+  call chdir(topdir)
   call delete('Xdir', 'rf')
 endfunc