GNU sed doesn't like "-i ''" which on BSD means to not keep backups around. Scan for "-i ''" and replace with just "-i" which will use the filename given to sed just fine.

Ubuntu's default shell is dash, when using /bin/sh. The portable nature of got is such that "$OSTYPE" to determine the host type (linux, bsd, etc.) is bash-specific and is not part of POSIX. autotools already provide a mechanism for determining the underlying platform type, and PLATFORM is already a subst value. Therefore, let the -portable parts of the regress test-suite use $PLATFORM to look at the underlying OS type. The tests themselves already expect /bin/sh to be POSIX-compliant in all other areas, so there should be no need to change the #! lines.

In order to portably handle the difference in how 'sed -i' works between *BSD and Linux, provide a wrapper to invoke the underying system sed(1) based on which OSTYPE is in use.

To minimise the amount of churn between the difference in date(1) and ln(n) semantics, use gdate and gln from coreutils.

We need to do this because newer versions of Git support an arbitrary default branch name which can be set by users. We don't want tests to fail when this option is used. pointed out by Thomas Adam

Create automatic "backup" references which ensure that objects from the pre-rebase or pre-histedit state remain in the repository. A new -l option for 'got rebase' and 'got histedit' lists old commits. This makes it easier to recover from botched rebase or histedit operations. Removal of such objects currently requires got ref -d and git-gc. This will be made more convenient in the future. testing and ok jrick

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Previous default output remains when test cases are run individually. ok tracey

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