tests: use $TEST_DIRECTORY to refer to the t/ directory

Many test scripts assumed that they will start in a 'trash' subdirectory
that is a single level down from the t/ directory, and referred to their
test vector files by asking for files like "../t9999/expect".  This will
break if we move the 'trash' subdirectory elsewhere.

To solve this, we earlier introduced "$TEST_DIRECTORY" so that they can
refer to t/ directory reliably.  This finally makes all the tests use
it to refer to the outside environment.

With this patch, and a one-liner not included here (because it would
contradict with what Dscho really wants to do):

| diff --git a/t/test-lib.sh b/t/test-lib.sh
| index 70ea7e0..60e69e4 100644
| --- a/t/test-lib.sh
| +++ b/t/test-lib.sh
| @@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ fi
|  . ../GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS
|
|  # Test repository
| -test="trash directory"
| +test="trash directory/another level/yet another"
|  rm -fr "$test" || {
|         trap - exit
|         echo >&5 "FATAL: Cannot prepare test area"

all the tests still pass, but we would want extra sets of eyeballs on this
type of change to really make sure.

[jc: with help from Stephan Beyer on http-push tests I do not run myself;
 credits for locating silly quoting errors go to Olivier Marin.]

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

51 files changed, 152 insertions, 134 deletions

diff --git a/t/lib-httpd.sh b/t/lib-httpd.sh
index dc473dfb5..6ac312b90 100644
--- a/t/lib-httpd.sh
+++ b/t/lib-httpd.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ fi
 LIB_HTTPD_PATH=${LIB_HTTPD_PATH-'/usr/sbin/apache2'}
 LIB_HTTPD_PORT=${LIB_HTTPD_PORT-'8111'}
 
-TEST_PATH="$PWD"/../lib-httpd
+TEST_PATH="$TEST_DIRECTORY"/lib-httpd
 HTTPD_ROOT_PATH="$PWD"/httpd
 HTTPD_DOCUMENT_ROOT_PATH=$HTTPD_ROOT_PATH/www
 
diff --git a/t/t0022-crlf-rename.sh b/t/t0022-crlf-rename.sh
index 7d1ce2d05..f1e1d4886 100755
--- a/t/t0022-crlf-rename.sh
+++ b/t/t0022-crlf-rename.sh
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ test_description='ignore CR in CRLF sequence while computing similiarity'
 
 test_expect_success setup '
 
-	cat ../t0022-crlf-rename.sh >sample &&
+	cat "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t0022-crlf-rename.sh >sample &&
 	git add sample &&
 
 	test_tick &&
 	git commit -m Initial &&
 
-	sed -e "s/\$/
/" ../t0022-crlf-rename.sh >elpmas &&
+	sed -e "s/\$/
/" "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t0022-crlf-rename.sh >elpmas &&
 	git add elpmas &&
 	rm -f sample &&
 
diff --git a/t/t1000-read-tree-m-3way.sh b/t/t1000-read-tree-m-3way.sh
index 807fb83af..22ba7a544 100755
--- a/t/t1000-read-tree-m-3way.sh
+++ b/t/t1000-read-tree-m-3way.sh
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ In addition:
 
 '
 . ./test-lib.sh
-. ../lib-read-tree-m-3way.sh
+. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/lib-read-tree-m-3way.sh
 
 ################################################################
 # Trivial "majority when 3 stages exist" merge plus #2ALT, #3ALT
diff --git a/t/t3900-i18n-commit.sh b/t/t3900-i18n-commit.sh
index 883281dbd..f4f41847f 100755
--- a/t/t3900-i18n-commit.sh
+++ b/t/t3900-i18n-commit.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ test_expect_success setup '
 	: >F &&
 	git add F &&
 	T=$(git write-tree) &&
-	C=$(git commit-tree $T <../t3900/1-UTF-8.txt) &&
+	C=$(git commit-tree $T <"$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t3900/1-UTF-8.txt) &&
 	git update-ref HEAD $C &&
 	git-tag C0
 '
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ do
 		git config i18n.commitencoding $H &&
 		git-checkout -b $H C0 &&
 		echo $H >F &&
-		git-commit -a -F ../t3900/$H.txt
+		git-commit -a -F "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t3900/$H.txt
 	'
 done
 
@@ -57,13 +57,13 @@ test_expect_success 'config to remove customization' '
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'ISO-8859-1 should be shown in UTF-8 now' '
-	compare_with ISO-8859-1 ../t3900/1-UTF-8.txt
+	compare_with ISO-8859-1 "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t3900/1-UTF-8.txt
 '
 
 for H in EUCJP ISO-2022-JP
 do
 	test_expect_success "$H should be shown in UTF-8 now" '
-		compare_with '$H' ../t3900/2-UTF-8.txt
+		compare_with '$H' "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t3900/2-UTF-8.txt
 	'
 done
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ for H in ISO-8859-1 EUCJP ISO-2022-JP
 do
 	test_expect_success "$H should be shown in itself now" '
 		git config i18n.commitencoding '$H' &&
-		compare_with '$H' ../t3900/'$H'.txt
+		compare_with '$H' "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t3900/'$H'.txt
 	'
 done
 
@@ -91,13 +91,13 @@ test_expect_success 'config to tweak customization' '
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'ISO-8859-1 should be shown in UTF-8 now' '
-	compare_with ISO-8859-1 ../t3900/1-UTF-8.txt
+	compare_with ISO-8859-1 "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t3900/1-UTF-8.txt
 '
 
 for H in EUCJP ISO-2022-JP
 do
 	test_expect_success "$H should be shown in UTF-8 now" '
-		compare_with '$H' ../t3900/2-UTF-8.txt
+		compare_with '$H' "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t3900/2-UTF-8.txt
 	'
 done
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ do
 	for H in EUCJP ISO-2022-JP
 	do
 		test_expect_success "$H should be shown in $J now" '
-			compare_with '$H' ../t3900/'$J'.txt
+			compare_with '$H' "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t3900/'$J'.txt
 		'
 	done
 done
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ done
 for H in ISO-8859-1 EUCJP ISO-2022-JP
 do
 	test_expect_success "No conversion with $H" '
-		compare_with "--encoding=none '$H'" ../t3900/'$H'.txt
+		compare_with "--encoding=none '$H'" "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t3900/'$H'.txt
 	'
 done
 
diff --git a/t/t3901-i18n-patch.sh b/t/t3901-i18n-patch.sh
index 235f37283..f68ff5305 100755
--- a/t/t3901-i18n-patch.sh
+++ b/t/t3901-i18n-patch.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ test_expect_success setup '
 
 	# use UTF-8 in author and committer name to match the
 	# i18n.commitencoding settings
-	. ../t3901-utf8.txt &&
+	. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t3901-utf8.txt &&
 
 	test_tick &&
 	echo "$GIT_AUTHOR_NAME" >mine &&
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ test_expect_success setup '
 	# the second one on the side branch is ISO-8859-1
 	git config i18n.commitencoding ISO-8859-1 &&
 	# use author and committer name in ISO-8859-1 to match it.
-	. ../t3901-8859-1.txt &&
+	. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t3901-8859-1.txt &&
 	test_tick &&
 	echo Yet another >theirs &&
 	git add theirs &&
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ test_expect_success 'rebase (U/U)' '
 
 	# The result will be committed by GIT_COMMITTER_NAME --
 	# we want UTF-8 encoded name.
-	. ../t3901-utf8.txt &&
+	. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t3901-utf8.txt &&
 	git checkout -b test &&
 	git-rebase master &&
 
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ test_expect_success 'rebase (U/U)' '
 test_expect_success 'rebase (U/L)' '
 	git config i18n.commitencoding UTF-8 &&
 	git config i18n.logoutputencoding ISO-8859-1 &&
-	. ../t3901-utf8.txt &&
+	. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t3901-utf8.txt &&
 
 	git reset --hard side &&
 	git-rebase master &&
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ test_expect_success 'rebase (L/L)' '
 	# In this test we want ISO-8859-1 encoded commits as the result
 	git config i18n.commitencoding ISO-8859-1 &&
 	git config i18n.logoutputencoding ISO-8859-1 &&
-	. ../t3901-8859-1.txt &&
+	. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t3901-8859-1.txt &&
 
 	git reset --hard side &&
 	git-rebase master &&
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ test_expect_success 'rebase (L/U)' '
 	# to get ISO-8859-1 results.
 	git config i18n.commitencoding ISO-8859-1 &&
 	git config i18n.logoutputencoding UTF-8 &&
-	. ../t3901-8859-1.txt &&
+	. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t3901-8859-1.txt &&
 
 	git reset --hard side &&
 	git-rebase master &&
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ test_expect_success 'cherry-pick(U/U)' '
 
 	git config i18n.commitencoding UTF-8 &&
 	git config i18n.logoutputencoding UTF-8 &&
-	. ../t3901-utf8.txt &&
+	. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t3901-utf8.txt &&
 
 	git reset --hard master &&
 	git cherry-pick side^ &&
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ test_expect_success 'cherry-pick(L/L)' '
 
 	git config i18n.commitencoding ISO-8859-1 &&
 	git config i18n.logoutputencoding ISO-8859-1 &&
-	. ../t3901-8859-1.txt &&
+	. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t3901-8859-1.txt &&
 
 	git reset --hard master &&
 	git cherry-pick side^ &&
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ test_expect_success 'cherry-pick(U/L)' '
 
 	git config i18n.commitencoding UTF-8 &&
 	git config i18n.logoutputencoding ISO-8859-1 &&
-	. ../t3901-utf8.txt &&
+	. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t3901-utf8.txt &&
 
 	git reset --hard master &&
 	git cherry-pick side^ &&
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ test_expect_success 'cherry-pick(L/U)' '
 
 	git config i18n.commitencoding ISO-8859-1 &&
 	git config i18n.logoutputencoding UTF-8 &&
-	. ../t3901-8859-1.txt &&
+	. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t3901-8859-1.txt &&
 
 	git reset --hard master &&
 	git cherry-pick side^ &&
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ test_expect_success 'cherry-pick(L/U)' '
 test_expect_success 'rebase --merge (U/U)' '
 	git config i18n.commitencoding UTF-8 &&
 	git config i18n.logoutputencoding UTF-8 &&
-	. ../t3901-utf8.txt &&
+	. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t3901-utf8.txt &&
 
 	git reset --hard side &&
 	git-rebase --merge master &&
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ test_expect_success 'rebase --merge (U/U)' '
 test_expect_success 'rebase --merge (U/L)' '
 	git config i18n.commitencoding UTF-8 &&
 	git config i18n.logoutputencoding ISO-8859-1 &&
-	. ../t3901-utf8.txt &&
+	. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t3901-utf8.txt &&
 
 	git reset --hard side &&
 	git-rebase --merge master &&
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ test_expect_success 'rebase --merge (L/L)' '
 	# In this test we want ISO-8859-1 encoded commits as the result
 	git config i18n.commitencoding ISO-8859-1 &&
 	git config i18n.logoutputencoding ISO-8859-1 &&
-	. ../t3901-8859-1.txt &&
+	. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t3901-8859-1.txt &&
 
 	git reset --hard side &&
 	git-rebase --merge master &&
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ test_expect_success 'rebase --merge (L/U)' '
 	# to get ISO-8859-1 results.
 	git config i18n.commitencoding ISO-8859-1 &&
 	git config i18n.logoutputencoding UTF-8 &&
-	. ../t3901-8859-1.txt &&
+	. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t3901-8859-1.txt &&
 
 	git reset --hard side &&
 	git-rebase --merge master &&
diff --git a/t/t4000-diff-format.sh b/t/t4000-diff-format.sh
index c44b27aeb..6ddd46915 100755
--- a/t/t4000-diff-format.sh
+++ b/t/t4000-diff-format.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ test_description='Test built-in diff output engine.
 
 '
 . ./test-lib.sh
-. ../diff-lib.sh
+. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/diff-lib.sh
 
 echo >path0 'Line 1
 Line 2
diff --git a/t/t4001-diff-rename.sh b/t/t4001-diff-rename.sh
index a32692417..71bac83dd 100755
--- a/t/t4001-diff-rename.sh
+++ b/t/t4001-diff-rename.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ test_description='Test rename detection in diff engine.
 
 '
 . ./test-lib.sh
-. ../diff-lib.sh
+. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/diff-lib.sh
 
 echo >path0 'Line 1
 Line 2
diff --git a/t/t4002-diff-basic.sh b/t/t4002-diff-basic.sh
index a4cfde6b2..56bd3c2be 100755
--- a/t/t4002-diff-basic.sh
+++ b/t/t4002-diff-basic.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ test_description='Test diff raw-output.
 
 '
 . ./test-lib.sh
-. ../lib-read-tree-m-3way.sh
+. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/lib-read-tree-m-3way.sh
 
 cat >.test-plain-OA <<\EOF
 :000000 100644 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 ccba72ad3888a3520b39efcf780b9ee64167535d A	AA
diff --git a/t/t4003-diff-rename-1.sh b/t/t4003-diff-rename-1.sh
index 8b1f87528..c6130c401 100755
--- a/t/t4003-diff-rename-1.sh
+++ b/t/t4003-diff-rename-1.sh
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ test_description='More rename detection
 
 '
 . ./test-lib.sh
-. ../diff-lib.sh ;# test-lib chdir's into trash
+. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/diff-lib.sh ;# test-lib chdir's into trash
 
 test_expect_success \
     'prepare reference tree' \
-    'cat ../../COPYING >COPYING &&
+    'cat "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/../COPYING >COPYING &&
      echo frotz >rezrov &&
     git update-index --add COPYING rezrov &&
     tree=$(git write-tree) &&
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ test_expect_success \
 
 test_expect_success \
     'prepare work tree once again' \
-    'cat ../../COPYING >COPYING &&
+    'cat "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/../COPYING >COPYING &&
      git update-index --add --remove COPYING COPYING.1'
 
 # tree has COPYING and rezrov.  work tree has COPYING and COPYING.1,
diff --git a/t/t4004-diff-rename-symlink.sh b/t/t4004-diff-rename-symlink.sh
index 3d25be7a6..b35af9b42 100755
--- a/t/t4004-diff-rename-symlink.sh
+++ b/t/t4004-diff-rename-symlink.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ copy of symbolic links, but should not produce rename/copy followed
 by an edit for them.
 '
 . ./test-lib.sh
-. ../diff-lib.sh
+. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/diff-lib.sh
 
 test_expect_success \
     'prepare reference tree' \
diff --git a/t/t4005-diff-rename-2.sh b/t/t4005-diff-rename-2.sh
index 663001731..1ba359d47 100755
--- a/t/t4005-diff-rename-2.sh
+++ b/t/t4005-diff-rename-2.sh
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ test_description='Same rename detection as t4003 but testing diff-raw.
 
 '
 . ./test-lib.sh
-. ../diff-lib.sh ;# test-lib chdir's into trash
+. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/diff-lib.sh ;# test-lib chdir's into trash
 
 test_expect_success \
     'prepare reference tree' \
-    'cat ../../COPYING >COPYING &&
+    'cat "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/../COPYING >COPYING &&
      echo frotz >rezrov &&
     git update-index --add COPYING rezrov &&
     tree=$(git write-tree) &&
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ test_expect_success \
 
 test_expect_success \
     'prepare work tree once again' \
-    'cat ../../COPYING >COPYING &&
+    'cat "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/../COPYING >COPYING &&
      git update-index --add --remove COPYING COPYING.1'
 
 git diff-index -C --find-copies-harder $tree >current
diff --git a/t/t4007-rename-3.sh b/t/t4007-rename-3.sh
index 104a4e149..42072d724 100755
--- a/t/t4007-rename-3.sh
+++ b/t/t4007-rename-3.sh
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ test_description='Rename interaction with pathspec.
 
 '
 . ./test-lib.sh
-. ../diff-lib.sh ;# test-lib chdir's into trash
+. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/diff-lib.sh ;# test-lib chdir's into trash
 
 test_expect_success \
     'prepare reference tree' \
     'mkdir path0 path1 &&
-     cp ../../COPYING path0/COPYING &&
+     cp "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/../COPYING path0/COPYING &&
      git update-index --add path0/COPYING &&
     tree=$(git write-tree) &&
     echo $tree'
diff --git a/t/t4008-diff-break-rewrite.sh b/t/t4008-diff-break-rewrite.sh
index 26c2e4aa6..7e343a9cd 100755
--- a/t/t4008-diff-break-rewrite.sh
+++ b/t/t4008-diff-break-rewrite.sh
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ four changes in total.
 Further, with -B and -M together, these should turn into two renames.
 '
 . ./test-lib.sh
-. ../diff-lib.sh ;# test-lib chdir's into trash
+. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/diff-lib.sh ;# test-lib chdir's into trash
 
 test_expect_success \
     setup \
-    'cat ../../README >file0 &&
-     cat ../../COPYING >file1 &&
+    'cat "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/../README >file0 &&
+     cat "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/../COPYING >file1 &&
     git update-index --add file0 file1 &&
     tree=$(git write-tree) &&
     echo "$tree"'
diff --git a/t/t4009-diff-rename-4.sh b/t/t4009-diff-rename-4.sh
index d2b45e7b8..de3f17478 100755
--- a/t/t4009-diff-rename-4.sh
+++ b/t/t4009-diff-rename-4.sh
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ test_description='Same rename detection as t4003 but testing diff-raw -z.
 
 '
 . ./test-lib.sh
-. ../diff-lib.sh ;# test-lib chdir's into trash
+. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/diff-lib.sh ;# test-lib chdir's into trash
 
 test_expect_success \
     'prepare reference tree' \
-    'cat ../../COPYING >COPYING &&
+    'cat "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/../COPYING >COPYING &&
      echo frotz >rezrov &&
     git update-index --add COPYING rezrov &&
     tree=$(git write-tree) &&
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ test_expect_success \
 
 test_expect_success \
     'prepare work tree once again' \
-    'cat ../../COPYING >COPYING &&
+    'cat "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/../COPYING >COPYING &&
      git update-index --add --remove COPYING COPYING.1'
 
 git diff-index -z -C --find-copies-harder $tree >current
diff --git a/t/t4010-diff-pathspec.sh b/t/t4010-diff-pathspec.sh
index ad3d9e484..9322298ec 100755
--- a/t/t4010-diff-pathspec.sh
+++ b/t/t4010-diff-pathspec.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Prepare:
         path1/file1
 '
 . ./test-lib.sh
-. ../diff-lib.sh ;# test-lib chdir's into trash
+. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/diff-lib.sh ;# test-lib chdir's into trash
 
 test_expect_success \
     setup \
diff --git a/t/t4011-diff-symlink.sh b/t/t4011-diff-symlink.sh
index c6d13693b..02efecae3 100755
--- a/t/t4011-diff-symlink.sh
+++ b/t/t4011-diff-symlink.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ test_description='Test diff of symlinks.
 
 '
 . ./test-lib.sh
-. ../diff-lib.sh
+. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/diff-lib.sh
 
 cat > expected << EOF
 diff --git a/frotz b/frotz
diff --git a/t/t4012-diff-binary.sh b/t/t4012-diff-binary.sh
index eced1f30f..69934991c 100755
--- a/t/t4012-diff-binary.sh
+++ b/t/t4012-diff-binary.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ test_expect_success 'prepare repository' \
 	'echo AIT >a && echo BIT >b && echo CIT >c && echo DIT >d &&
 	 git update-index --add a b c d &&
 	 echo git >a &&
-	 cat ../test4012.png >b &&
+	 cat "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/test4012.png >b &&
 	 echo git >c &&
 	 cat b b >d'
 
diff --git a/t/t4013-diff-various.sh b/t/t4013-diff-various.sh
index 9337b8106..1a6b52234 100755
--- a/t/t4013-diff-various.sh
+++ b/t/t4013-diff-various.sh
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ do
 	test=`echo "$cmd" | sed -e 's|[/ ][/ ]*|_|g'`
 	cnt=`expr $test_count + 1`
 	pfx=`printf "%04d" $cnt`
-	expect="../t4013/diff.$test"
+	expect="$TEST_DIRECTORY/t4013/diff.$test"
 	actual="$pfx-diff.$test"
 
 	test_expect_success "git $cmd" '
diff --git a/t/t4015-diff-whitespace.sh b/t/t4015-diff-whitespace.sh
index a27fccc8d..6110566aa 100755
--- a/t/t4015-diff-whitespace.sh
+++ b/t/t4015-diff-whitespace.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ test_description='Test special whitespace in diff engine.
 
 '
 . ./test-lib.sh
-. ../diff-lib.sh
+. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/diff-lib.sh
 
 # Ray Lehtiniemi's example
 
diff --git a/t/t4020-diff-external.sh b/t/t4020-diff-external.sh
index 637b4e19d..dfe3fbc74 100755
--- a/t/t4020-diff-external.sh
+++ b/t/t4020-diff-external.sh
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ echo NULZbetweenZwords | perl -pe 'y/Z/\000/' > file
 test_expect_success 'force diff with "diff"' '
 	echo >.gitattributes "file diff" &&
 	git diff >actual &&
-	test_cmp ../t4020/diff.NUL actual
+	test_cmp "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t4020/diff.NUL actual
 '
 
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t4022-diff-rewrite.sh b/t/t4022-diff-rewrite.sh
index bf996fc41..2a537a21e 100755
--- a/t/t4022-diff-rewrite.sh
+++ b/t/t4022-diff-rewrite.sh
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ test_description='rewrite diff'
 
 test_expect_success setup '
 
-	cat ../../COPYING >test &&
+	cat "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/../COPYING >test &&
 	git add test &&
 	tr \
 	  "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ" \
 	  "nopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmNOPQRSTUVWXYZABCDEFGHIJKLM" \
-	  <../../COPYING >test
+	  <"$TEST_DIRECTORY"/../COPYING >test
 
 '
 
diff --git a/t/t4023-diff-rename-typechange.sh b/t/t4023-diff-rename-typechange.sh
index 4dbfc6e8b..297ddb5a2 100755
--- a/t/t4023-diff-rename-typechange.sh
+++ b/t/t4023-diff-rename-typechange.sh
@@ -7,21 +7,21 @@ test_description='typechange rename detection'
 test_expect_success setup '
 
 	rm -f foo bar &&
-	cat ../../COPYING >foo &&
+	cat "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/../COPYING >foo &&
 	ln -s linklink bar &&
 	git add foo bar &&
 	git commit -a -m Initial &&
 	git tag one &&
 
 	rm -f foo bar &&
-	cat ../../COPYING >bar &&
+	cat "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/../COPYING >bar &&
 	ln -s linklink foo &&
 	git add foo bar &&
 	git commit -a -m Second &&
 	git tag two &&
 
 	rm -f foo bar &&
-	cat ../../COPYING >foo &&
+	cat "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/../COPYING >foo &&
 	git add foo &&
 	git commit -a -m Third &&
 	git tag three &&
@@ -35,15 +35,15 @@ test_expect_success setup '
 	# This is purely for sanity check
 
 	rm -f foo bar &&
-	cat ../../COPYING >foo &&
-	cat ../../Makefile >bar &&
+	cat "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/../COPYING >foo &&
+	cat "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/../Makefile >bar &&
 	git add foo bar &&
 	git commit -a -m Fifth &&
 	git tag five &&
 
 	rm -f foo bar &&
-	cat ../../Makefile >foo &&
-	cat ../../COPYING >bar &&
+	cat "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/../Makefile >foo &&
+	cat "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/../COPYING >bar &&
 	git add foo bar &&
 	git commit -a -m Sixth &&
 	git tag six
diff --git a/t/t4027-diff-submodule.sh b/t/t4027-diff-submodule.sh
index ba6679c6e..1c2edebb0 100755
--- a/t/t4027-diff-submodule.sh
+++ b/t/t4027-diff-submodule.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 test_description='difference in submodules'
 
 . ./test-lib.sh
-. ../diff-lib.sh
+. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/diff-lib.sh
 
 _z40=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
 test_expect_success setup '
diff --git a/t/t4100-apply-stat.sh b/t/t4100-apply-stat.sh
index e0c67740a..9b433de83 100755
--- a/t/t4100-apply-stat.sh
+++ b/t/t4100-apply-stat.sh
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ do
 	test_expect_success "$title" '
 		git apply --stat --summary \
 			<"$TEST_DIRECTORY/t4100/t-apply-$num.patch" >current &&
-		test_cmp ../t4100/t-apply-$num.expect current
+		test_cmp "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t4100/t-apply-$num.expect current
 	'
 
 	test_expect_success "$title with recount" '
 		sed -e "$UNC" <"$TEST_DIRECTORY/t4100/t-apply-$num.patch" |
 		git apply --recount --stat --summary >current &&
-		test_cmp ../t4100/t-apply-$num.expect current
+		test_cmp "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t4100/t-apply-$num.expect current
 	'
 done <<\EOF
 rename
diff --git a/t/t4101-apply-nonl.sh b/t/t4101-apply-nonl.sh
index da8abcf36..e3443d004 100755
--- a/t/t4101-apply-nonl.sh
+++ b/t/t4101-apply-nonl.sh
@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@ do
   do
     test $i -eq $j && continue
     cat frotz.$i >frotz
-    test_expect_success \
-        "apply diff between $i and $j" \
-	"git apply <../t4101/diff.$i-$j && diff frotz.$j frotz"
+    test_expect_success "apply diff between $i and $j" '
+	git apply <"$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t4101/diff.$i-$j &&
+	test_cmp frotz.$j frotz
+    '
   done
 done
 
diff --git a/t/t5100-mailinfo.sh b/t/t5100-mailinfo.sh
index 8dfaddda9..3b6c3a9d9 100755
--- a/t/t5100-mailinfo.sh
+++ b/t/t5100-mailinfo.sh
@@ -8,27 +8,28 @@ test_description='git mailinfo and git mailsplit test'
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
 test_expect_success 'split sample box' \
-	'git mailsplit -o. ../t5100/sample.mbox >last &&
+	'git mailsplit -o. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t5100/sample.mbox >last &&
 	last=`cat last` &&
 	echo total is $last &&
 	test `cat last` = 11'
 
 for mail in `echo 00*`
 do
-	test_expect_success "mailinfo $mail" \
-		"git mailinfo -u msg$mail patch$mail <$mail >info$mail &&
+	test_expect_success "mailinfo $mail" '
+		git mailinfo -u msg$mail patch$mail <$mail >info$mail &&
 		echo msg &&
-		diff ../t5100/msg$mail msg$mail &&
+		test_cmp "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t5100/msg$mail msg$mail &&
 		echo patch &&
-		diff ../t5100/patch$mail patch$mail &&
+		test_cmp "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t5100/patch$mail patch$mail &&
 		echo info &&
-		diff ../t5100/info$mail info$mail"
+		test_cmp "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t5100/info$mail info$mail
+	'
 done
 
 test_expect_success 'respect NULs' '
 
-	git mailsplit -d3 -o. ../t5100/nul-plain &&
-	cmp ../t5100/nul-plain 001 &&
+	git mailsplit -d3 -o. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t5100/nul-plain &&
+	test_cmp "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t5100/nul-plain 001 &&
 	(cat 001 | git mailinfo msg patch) &&
 	test 4 = $(wc -l < patch)
 
@@ -36,10 +37,10 @@ test_expect_success 'respect NULs' '
 
 test_expect_success 'Preserve NULs out of MIME encoded message' '
 
-	git mailsplit -d5 -o. ../t5100/nul-b64.in &&
-	cmp ../t5100/nul-b64.in 00001 &&
+	git mailsplit -d5 -o. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t5100/nul-b64.in &&
+	test_cmp "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t5100/nul-b64.in 00001 &&
 	git mailinfo msg patch <00001 &&
-	cmp ../t5100/nul-b64.expect patch
+	test_cmp "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t5100/nul-b64.expect patch
 
 '
 
diff --git a/t/t5515-fetch-merge-logic.sh b/t/t5515-fetch-merge-logic.sh
index 8becbc3f3..1f4608d8b 100755
--- a/t/t5515-fetch-merge-logic.sh
+++ b/t/t5515-fetch-merge-logic.sh
@@ -131,9 +131,9 @@ do
 	test=`echo "$cmd" | sed -e 's|[/ ][/ ]*|_|g'`
 	cnt=`expr $test_count + 1`
 	pfx=`printf "%04d" $cnt`
-	expect_f="../../t5515/fetch.$test"
+	expect_f="$TEST_DIRECTORY/t5515/fetch.$test"
 	actual_f="$pfx-fetch.$test"
-	expect_r="../../t5515/refs.$test"
+	expect_r="$TEST_DIRECTORY/t5515/refs.$test"
 	actual_r="$pfx-refs.$test"
 
 	test_expect_success "$cmd" '
diff --git a/t/t5540-http-push.sh b/t/t5540-http-push.sh
index b0d242e3e..da9588645 100755
--- a/t/t5540-http-push.sh
+++ b/t/t5540-http-push.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ then
 	exit
 fi
 
-. ../lib-httpd.sh
+. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/lib-httpd.sh
 
 if ! start_httpd >&3 2>&4
 then
diff --git a/t/t6002-rev-list-bisect.sh b/t/t6002-rev-list-bisect.sh
index 8f5de097e..b4e8fbaa5 100755
--- a/t/t6002-rev-list-bisect.sh
+++ b/t/t6002-rev-list-bisect.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 test_description='Tests git rev-list --bisect functionality'
 
 . ./test-lib.sh
-. ../t6000lib.sh # t6xxx specific functions
+. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t6000lib.sh # t6xxx specific functions
 
 # usage: test_bisection max-diff bisect-option head ^prune...
 #
diff --git a/t/t6003-rev-list-topo-order.sh b/t/t6003-rev-list-topo-order.sh
index 5daa0be8c..2c73f2da7 100755
--- a/t/t6003-rev-list-topo-order.sh
+++ b/t/t6003-rev-list-topo-order.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 test_description='Tests git rev-list --topo-order functionality'
 
 . ./test-lib.sh
-. ../t6000lib.sh # t6xxx specific functions
+. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t6000lib.sh # t6xxx specific functions
 
 list_duplicates()
 {
diff --git a/t/t6023-merge-file.sh b/t/t6023-merge-file.sh
index f674c48ca..42620e073 100755
--- a/t/t6023-merge-file.sh
+++ b/t/t6023-merge-file.sh
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ test_expect_success "expected conflict markers" "test_cmp expect out"
 
 test_expect_success 'binary files cannot be merged' '
 	test_must_fail git merge-file -p \
-		orig.txt ../test4012.png new1.txt 2> merge.err &&
+		orig.txt "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/test4012.png new1.txt 2> merge.err &&
 	grep "Cannot merge binary files" merge.err
 '
 
diff --git a/t/t6027-merge-binary.sh b/t/t6027-merge-binary.sh
index 92ca1f0f8..b519626ca 100755
--- a/t/t6027-merge-binary.sh
+++ b/t/t6027-merge-binary.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ test_description='ask merge-recursive to merge binary files'
 
 test_expect_success setup '
 
-	cat ../test4012.png >m &&
+	cat "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/test4012.png >m &&
 	git add m &&
 	git ls-files -s | sed -e "s/ 0	/ 1	/" >E1 &&
 	test_tick &&
diff --git a/t/t6101-rev-parse-parents.sh b/t/t6101-rev-parse-parents.sh
index 919552a2f..f105fab98 100755
--- a/t/t6101-rev-parse-parents.sh
+++ b/t/t6101-rev-parse-parents.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 test_description='Test git rev-parse with different parent options'
 
 . ./test-lib.sh
-. ../t6000lib.sh # t6xxx specific functions
+. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t6000lib.sh # t6xxx specific functions
 
 date >path0
 git update-index --add path0
diff --git a/t/t6200-fmt-merge-msg.sh b/t/t6200-fmt-merge-msg.sh
index bc7434941..8f5a06f7d 100755
--- a/t/t6200-fmt-merge-msg.sh
+++ b/t/t6200-fmt-merge-msg.sh
@@ -83,13 +83,13 @@ test_expect_success 'merge-msg test #1' '
 '
 
 cat >expected <<EOF
-Merge branch 'left' of ../$test
+Merge branch 'left' of $TEST_DIRECTORY/$test
 EOF
 
 test_expect_success 'merge-msg test #2' '
 
 	git checkout master &&
-	git fetch ../"$test" left &&
+	git fetch "$TEST_DIRECTORY/$test" left &&
 
 	git fmt-merge-msg <.git/FETCH_HEAD >actual &&
 	test_cmp expected actual
diff --git a/t/t7001-mv.sh b/t/t7001-mv.sh
index 910a28c7e..78167980b 100755
--- a/t/t7001-mv.sh
+++ b/t/t7001-mv.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ test_description='git mv in subdirs'
 test_expect_success \
     'prepare reference tree' \
     'mkdir path0 path1 &&
-     cp ../../COPYING path0/COPYING &&
+     cp "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/../COPYING path0/COPYING &&
      git add path0/COPYING &&
      git-commit -m add -a'
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ test_expect_success \
 
 test_expect_success \
     'adding another file' \
-    'cp ../../README path0/README &&
+    'cp "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/../README path0/README &&
      git add path0/README &&
      git-commit -m add2 -a'
 
diff --git a/t/t7004-tag.sh b/t/t7004-tag.sh
index 8d44c2ed1..198244c57 100755
--- a/t/t7004-tag.sh
+++ b/t/t7004-tag.sh
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ esac
 # Name and email: C O Mitter <committer@example.com>
 # No password given, to enable non-interactive operation.
 
-cp -R ../t7004 ./gpghome
+cp -R "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t7004 ./gpghome
 chmod 0700 gpghome
 GNUPGHOME="$(pwd)/gpghome"
 export GNUPGHOME
diff --git a/t/t7101-reset.sh b/t/t7101-reset.sh
index 0d9874bfd..ffaeb3983 100755
--- a/t/t7101-reset.sh
+++ b/t/t7101-reset.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ test_description='git-reset should cull empty subdirs'
 test_expect_success \
     'creating initial files' \
     'mkdir path0 &&
-     cp ../../COPYING path0/COPYING &&
+     cp "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/../COPYING path0/COPYING &&
      git add path0/COPYING &&
      git-commit -m add -a'
 
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ test_expect_success \
     'creating second files' \
     'mkdir path1 &&
      mkdir path1/path2 &&
-     cp ../../COPYING path1/path2/COPYING &&
-     cp ../../COPYING path1/COPYING &&
-     cp ../../COPYING COPYING &&
-     cp ../../COPYING path0/COPYING-TOO &&
+     cp "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/../COPYING path1/path2/COPYING &&
+     cp "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/../COPYING path1/COPYING &&
+     cp "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/../COPYING COPYING &&
+     cp "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/../COPYING path0/COPYING-TOO &&
      git add path1/path2/COPYING &&
      git add path1/COPYING &&
      git add COPYING &&
diff --git a/t/t7500-commit.sh b/t/t7500-commit.sh
index 809bdba63..7ae0bd0e3 100755
--- a/t/t7500-commit.sh
+++ b/t/t7500-commit.sh
@@ -46,15 +46,24 @@ test_expect_success 'unedited template with comments should not commit' '
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'a Signed-off-by line by itself should not commit' '
-	! GIT_EDITOR=../t7500/add-signed-off git commit --template "$TEMPLATE"
+	(
+		test_set_editor "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t7500/add-signed-off &&
+		test_must_fail git commit --template "$TEMPLATE"
+	)
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'adding comments to a template should not commit' '
-	! GIT_EDITOR=../t7500/add-comments git commit --template "$TEMPLATE"
+	(
+		test_set_editor "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t7500/add-comments &&
+		test_must_fail git commit --template "$TEMPLATE"
+	)
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'adding real content to a template should commit' '
-	GIT_EDITOR=../t7500/add-content git commit --template "$TEMPLATE" &&
+	(
+		test_set_editor "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t7500/add-content &&
+		git commit --template "$TEMPLATE"
+	) &&
 	commit_msg_is "template linecommit message"
 '
 
@@ -62,7 +71,10 @@ test_expect_success '-t option should be short for --template' '
 	echo "short template" > "$TEMPLATE" &&
 	echo "new content" >> foo &&
 	git add foo &&
-	GIT_EDITOR=../t7500/add-content git commit -t "$TEMPLATE" &&
+	(
+		test_set_editor "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t7500/add-content &&
+		git commit -t "$TEMPLATE"
+	) &&
 	commit_msg_is "short templatecommit message"
 '
 
@@ -71,7 +83,10 @@ test_expect_success 'config-specified template should commit' '
 	git config commit.template "$TEMPLATE" &&
 	echo "more content" >> foo &&
 	git add foo &&
-	GIT_EDITOR=../t7500/add-content git commit &&
+	(
+		test_set_editor "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t7500/add-content &&
+		git commit
+	) &&
 	git config --unset commit.template &&
 	commit_msg_is "new templatecommit message"
 '
@@ -79,7 +94,7 @@ test_expect_success 'config-specified template should commit' '
 test_expect_success 'explicit commit message should override template' '
 	echo "still more content" >> foo &&
 	git add foo &&
-	GIT_EDITOR=../t7500/add-content git commit --template "$TEMPLATE" \
+	GIT_EDITOR="$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t7500/add-content git commit --template "$TEMPLATE" \
 		-m "command line msg" &&
 	commit_msg_is "command line msg"
 '
@@ -88,8 +103,10 @@ test_expect_success 'commit message from file should override template' '
 	echo "content galore" >> foo &&
 	git add foo &&
 	echo "standard input msg" |
-		GIT_EDITOR=../t7500/add-content git commit \
-			--template "$TEMPLATE" --file - &&
+	(
+		test_set_editor "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t7500/add-content &&
+		git commit --template "$TEMPLATE" --file -
+	) &&
 	commit_msg_is "standard input msg"
 '
 
@@ -132,10 +149,12 @@ EOF
 
 test_expect_success '--signoff' '
 	echo "yet another content *narf*" >> foo &&
-	echo "zort" |
-		GIT_EDITOR=../t7500/add-content git commit -s -F - foo &&
+	echo "zort" | (
+		test_set_editor "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t7500/add-content &&
+		git commit -s -F - foo
+	) &&
 	git cat-file commit HEAD | sed "1,/^$/d" > output &&
-	diff expect output
+	test_cmp expect output
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'commit message from file (1)' '
diff --git a/t/t8001-annotate.sh b/t/t8001-annotate.sh
index eabec2e06..45cb60ea4 100755
--- a/t/t8001-annotate.sh
+++ b/t/t8001-annotate.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ test_description='git annotate'
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
 PROG='git annotate'
-. ../annotate-tests.sh
+. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/annotate-tests.sh
 
 test_expect_success \
     'Annotating an old revision works' \
diff --git a/t/t8002-blame.sh b/t/t8002-blame.sh
index 92ece30fa..597cf0486 100755
--- a/t/t8002-blame.sh
+++ b/t/t8002-blame.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ test_description='git blame'
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
 PROG='git blame -c'
-. ../annotate-tests.sh
+. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/annotate-tests.sh
 
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t9110-git-svn-use-svm-props.sh b/t/t9110-git-svn-use-svm-props.sh
index 04d2a65c0..83bd1cf17 100755
--- a/t/t9110-git-svn-use-svm-props.sh
+++ b/t/t9110-git-svn-use-svm-props.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ test_description='git-svn useSvmProps test'
 . ./lib-git-svn.sh
 
 test_expect_success 'load svm repo' '
-	svnadmin load -q "$rawsvnrepo" < ../t9110/svm.dump &&
+	svnadmin load -q "$rawsvnrepo" < "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t9110/svm.dump &&
 	git-svn init --minimize-url -R arr -i bar "$svnrepo"/mirror/arr &&
 	git-svn init --minimize-url -R argh -i dir "$svnrepo"/mirror/argh &&
 	git-svn init --minimize-url -R argh -i e \
diff --git a/t/t9111-git-svn-use-svnsync-props.sh b/t/t9111-git-svn-use-svnsync-props.sh
index a8d74dcd3..c5dfd61e4 100755
--- a/t/t9111-git-svn-use-svnsync-props.sh
+++ b/t/t9111-git-svn-use-svnsync-props.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ test_description='git-svn useSvnsyncProps test'
 . ./lib-git-svn.sh
 
 test_expect_success 'load svnsync repo' '
-	svnadmin load -q "$rawsvnrepo" < ../t9111/svnsync.dump &&
+	svnadmin load -q "$rawsvnrepo" < "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t9111/svnsync.dump &&
 	git-svn init --minimize-url -R arr -i bar "$svnrepo"/bar &&
 	git-svn init --minimize-url -R argh -i dir "$svnrepo"/dir &&
 	git-svn init --minimize-url -R argh -i e "$svnrepo"/dir/a/b/c/d/e &&
diff --git a/t/t9115-git-svn-dcommit-funky-renames.sh b/t/t9115-git-svn-dcommit-funky-renames.sh
index f0fbd3aff..b0ba1f020 100755
--- a/t/t9115-git-svn-dcommit-funky-renames.sh
+++ b/t/t9115-git-svn-dcommit-funky-renames.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ test_description='git-svn dcommit can commit renames of files with ugly names'
 . ./lib-git-svn.sh
 
 test_expect_success 'load repository with strange names' '
-	svnadmin load -q "$rawsvnrepo" < ../t9115/funky-names.dump &&
+	svnadmin load -q "$rawsvnrepo" < "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t9115/funky-names.dump &&
 	start_httpd gtk+
 	'
 
diff --git a/t/t9121-git-svn-fetch-renamed-dir.sh b/t/t9121-git-svn-fetch-renamed-dir.sh
index 99230b081..92e69a2a7 100755
--- a/t/t9121-git-svn-fetch-renamed-dir.sh
+++ b/t/t9121-git-svn-fetch-renamed-dir.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ test_description='git-svn can fetch renamed directories'
 . ./lib-git-svn.sh
 
 test_expect_success 'load repository with renamed directory' '
-	svnadmin load -q "$rawsvnrepo" < ../t9121/renamed-dir.dump
+	svnadmin load -q "$rawsvnrepo" < "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t9121/renamed-dir.dump
 	'
 
 test_expect_success 'init and fetch repository' '
diff --git a/t/t9200-git-cvsexportcommit.sh b/t/t9200-git-cvsexportcommit.sh
index 3e32e84e6..988c3ac75 100755
--- a/t/t9200-git-cvsexportcommit.sh
+++ b/t/t9200-git-cvsexportcommit.sh
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ test_expect_success \
     'mkdir A B C D E F &&
      echo hello1 >A/newfile1.txt &&
      echo hello2 >B/newfile2.txt &&
-     cp ../test9200a.png C/newfile3.png &&
-     cp ../test9200a.png D/newfile4.png &&
+     cp "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/test9200a.png C/newfile3.png &&
+     cp "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/test9200a.png D/newfile4.png &&
      git add A/newfile1.txt &&
      git add B/newfile2.txt &&
      git add C/newfile3.png &&
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ test_expect_success \
      rm -f B/newfile2.txt &&
      rm -f C/newfile3.png &&
      echo Hello5  >E/newfile5.txt &&
-     cp ../test9200b.png D/newfile4.png &&
-     cp ../test9200a.png F/newfile6.png &&
+     cp "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/test9200b.png D/newfile4.png &&
+     cp "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/test9200a.png F/newfile6.png &&
      git add E/newfile5.txt &&
      git add F/newfile6.png &&
      git commit -a -m "Test: Remove, add and update" &&
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ test_expect_success \
      'mkdir "G g" &&
       echo ok then >"G g/with spaces.txt" &&
       git add "G g/with spaces.txt" && \
-      cp ../test9200a.png "G g/with spaces.png" && \
+      cp "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/test9200a.png "G g/with spaces.png" && \
       git add "G g/with spaces.png" &&
       git commit -a -m "With spaces" &&
       id=$(git rev-list --max-count=1 HEAD) &&
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ test_expect_success \
 test_expect_success \
      'Update file with spaces in file name' \
      'echo Ok then >>"G g/with spaces.txt" &&
-      cat ../test9200a.png >>"G g/with spaces.png" && \
+      cat "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/test9200a.png >>"G g/with spaces.png" && \
       git add "G g/with spaces.png" &&
       git commit -a -m "Update with spaces" &&
       id=$(git rev-list --max-count=1 HEAD) &&
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ test_expect_success \
      'mkdir -p Å/goo/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/i/j/k/l/m/n/o/p/q/r/s/t/u/v/w/x/y/z/å/ä/ö &&
       echo Foo >Å/goo/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/i/j/k/l/m/n/o/p/q/r/s/t/u/v/w/x/y/z/å/ä/ö/gårdetsågårdet.txt &&
       git add Å/goo/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/i/j/k/l/m/n/o/p/q/r/s/t/u/v/w/x/y/z/å/ä/ö/gårdetsågårdet.txt &&
-      cp ../test9200a.png Å/goo/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/i/j/k/l/m/n/o/p/q/r/s/t/u/v/w/x/y/z/å/ä/ö/gårdetsågårdet.png &&
+      cp "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/test9200a.png Å/goo/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/i/j/k/l/m/n/o/p/q/r/s/t/u/v/w/x/y/z/å/ä/ö/gårdetsågårdet.png &&
       git add Å/goo/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/i/j/k/l/m/n/o/p/q/r/s/t/u/v/w/x/y/z/å/ä/ö/gårdetsågårdet.png &&
       git commit -a -m "Går det så går det" && \
       id=$(git rev-list --max-count=1 HEAD) &&
diff --git a/t/t9300-fast-import.sh b/t/t9300-fast-import.sh
index c6bc0a607..bd5d5af66 100755
--- a/t/t9300-fast-import.sh
+++ b/t/t9300-fast-import.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 test_description='test git-fast-import utility'
 . ./test-lib.sh
-. ../diff-lib.sh ;# test-lib chdir's into trash
+. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/diff-lib.sh ;# test-lib chdir's into trash
 
 file2_data='file2
 second line of EOF'
diff --git a/t/t9301-fast-export.sh b/t/t9301-fast-export.sh
index c19b4a2ba..3cb9f8070 100755
--- a/t/t9301-fast-export.sh
+++ b/t/t9301-fast-export.sh
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ test_expect_success 'iso-8859-1' '
 
 	git config i18n.commitencoding ISO-8859-1 &&
 	# use author and committer name in ISO-8859-1 to match it.
-	. ../t3901-8859-1.txt &&
+	. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t3901-8859-1.txt &&
 	test_tick &&
 	echo rosten >file &&
 	git commit -s -m den file &&
diff --git a/t/t9500-gitweb-standalone-no-errors.sh b/t/t9500-gitweb-standalone-no-errors.sh
index ae7082be1..46ba19be7 100755
--- a/t/t9500-gitweb-standalone-no-errors.sh
+++ b/t/t9500-gitweb-standalone-no-errors.sh
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ our \$site_name = "[localhost]";
 our \$site_header = "";
 our \$site_footer = "";
 our \$home_text = "indextext.html";
-our @stylesheets = ("file:///$safe_pwd/../../gitweb/gitweb.css");
-our \$logo = "file:///$safe_pwd/../../gitweb/git-logo.png";
-our \$favicon = "file:///$safe_pwd/../../gitweb/git-favicon.png";
+our @stylesheets = ("file:///$TEST_DIRECTORY/../gitweb/gitweb.css");
+our \$logo = "file:///$TEST_DIRECTORY/../gitweb/git-logo.png";
+our \$favicon = "file:///$TEST_DIRECTORY/../gitweb/git-favicon.png";
 our \$projects_list = "";
 our \$export_ok = "";
 our \$strict_export = "";
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ gitweb_run () {
 	# written to web server logs, so we are not interested in that:
 	# we are interested only in properly formatted errors/warnings
 	rm -f gitweb.log &&
-	perl -- "$(pwd)/../../gitweb/gitweb.perl" \
+	perl -- "$TEST_DIRECTORY/../gitweb/gitweb.perl" \
 		>/dev/null 2>gitweb.log &&
 	if grep -q -s "^[[]" gitweb.log >/dev/null; then false; else true; fi
 
@@ -525,20 +525,20 @@ test_debug 'cat gitweb.log'
 
 test_expect_success \
 	'encode(commit): utf8' \
-	'. ../t3901-utf8.txt &&
+	'. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t3901-utf8.txt &&
 	 echo "UTF-8" >> file &&
 	 git add file &&
-	 git commit -F ../t3900/1-UTF-8.txt &&
+	 git commit -F "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t3900/1-UTF-8.txt &&
 	 gitweb_run "p=.git;a=commit"'
 test_debug 'cat gitweb.log'
 
 test_expect_success \
 	'encode(commit): iso-8859-1' \
-	'. ../t3901-8859-1.txt &&
+	'. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t3901-8859-1.txt &&
 	 echo "ISO-8859-1" >> file &&
 	 git add file &&
 	 git config i18n.commitencoding ISO-8859-1 &&
-	 git commit -F ../t3900/ISO-8859-1.txt &&
+	 git commit -F "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t3900/ISO-8859-1.txt &&
 	 git config --unset i18n.commitencoding &&
 	 gitweb_run "p=.git;a=commit"'
 test_debug 'cat gitweb.log'
diff --git a/t/t9700-perl-git.sh b/t/t9700-perl-git.sh
index 9706ee577..0f04ba094 100755
--- a/t/t9700-perl-git.sh
+++ b/t/t9700-perl-git.sh
@@ -39,6 +39,6 @@ test_expect_success \
 
 test_external_without_stderr \
     'Perl API' \
-    perl ../t9700/test.pl
+    perl "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t9700/test.pl
 
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t9700/test.pl b/t/t9700/test.pl
index 4d2312548..851cea4a4 100755
--- a/t/t9700/test.pl
+++ b/t/t9700/test.pl
@@ -14,10 +14,7 @@ use File::Temp;
 BEGIN { use_ok('Git') }
 
 # set up
-our $repo_dir = "trash directory";
 our $abs_repo_dir = Cwd->cwd;
-die "this must be run by calling the t/t97* shell script(s)\n"
-    if basename(Cwd->cwd) ne $repo_dir;
 ok(our $r = Git->repository(Directory => "."), "open repository");
 
 # config
diff --git a/t/test-lib.sh b/t/test-lib.sh
index 11c027571..70ea7e089 100644
--- a/t/test-lib.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib.sh
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ test_create_repo () {
 	error "bug in the test script: not 1 parameter to test-create-repo"
 	owd=`pwd`
 	repo="$1"
-	mkdir "$repo"
+	mkdir -p "$repo"
 	cd "$repo" || error "Cannot setup test environment"
 	"$GIT_EXEC_PATH/git" init "--template=$GIT_EXEC_PATH/templates/blt/" >&3 2>&4 ||
 	error "cannot run git init -- have you built things yet?"