Test stderr redirection on Git Bash / MSYS2 Bash

[karlhorky]

Result:

Tested the 2> /dev/null stderr shell redirection using GitHub Actions windows-latest workflow with shell: bash (Git Bash, which is based on MSYS2 Bash)

name: Temp Windows Bash Testing
on: push

jobs:
  temp-windows-bash-testing:
    name: Temp Windows Bash Testing
    runs-on: windows-latest
    timeout-minutes: 5
    steps:
      - name: Test command in Windows Bash
        shell: bash
        run: |
          where bash
          echo $SHELL
          uname -a
          cat /proc/version
          rm next.config.mjs next.config.ts 2> /dev/null || true
          echo 'after 1st rm'

Output:

C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\bash.exe
C:\Program Files\Git\bin\bash.exe
C:\Windows\System32\bash.exe

/usr/bin/bash

MINGW64_NT-10.0-20348 fv-az521-331 3.4.10-2e2ef940.x86_64 2024-07-09 21:35 UTC x86_64 Msys

MINGW64_NT-10.0-20348 version 3.4.10-2e2ef940.x86_64 (@fv-az1785-729) (gcc version 13.3.0 (GCC) ) 2024-07-09 21:35 UTC

after 1st rm

I needed to add || true on GitHub Actions to avoid the exit code 1 from rm causing the step to fail, but the exit code won't be an issue on student systems, because the rm command will be entered interactively (will not be a part of a script).