Without a Git configuration git(1) exits with a non-zero exit code which, in turn, causes a failure of the entr test suite. diff -upr entr-5.3.orig/system_test.sh entr-5.3/system_test.sh --- entr-5.3.orig/system_test.sh 2023-01-21 10:50:35.430697263 +0100 +++ entr-5.3/system_test.sh 2023-01-21 10:51:10.478073569 +0100 @@ -250,6 +250,8 @@ try "exec single utility when an entire cp /usr/include/*.h $tmp/ cd $tmp git init -q + git config user.email "you@example.com" + git config user.name "Your Name" git add *.h git commit -m "initial checkin" -q for f in `ls *.h | head`; do