Fix "unbound variable" error when running terraform with no args - #539
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On macOS Bash 3.2 with set -u, braced "${@}" is treated as unset when
there are no positional parameters, so terraform (no args) dies with
@: unbound variable. ${@+"$@"} expands to nothing in that case.
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Description
If you run
terraformwith no arguments, you get this:The bug was introduced in 0bd45d1
On macOS Bash 3.2 with
set -u, braced"${@}"is treated as unset when there are no positional parameters, soterraform(no args) dies with@: unbound variable. Unbraced"$@"and the slice"${@:1}"do not.terraform planalready worked because@was set.The fix was mentioned in #532 (comment) and I added a test on top of it.
Issue Link
Closes #532
Testing
./test/run.shlocally and all tests passPlatform tested:
macOS 26.6.2 (25G83)
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