make check fails on macOS:scripts/check-typos syntax error

[utkarsh232005]

Problem with this page

Local Development Environment (make check and scripts/check-typos script)

Expected behavior

Running make check or bash scripts/check-typos locally on a macOS machine should execute the typos checks successfully without syntax errors, matching the behavior in CI and Linux environments.

Actual behavior

Running the script on macOS fails immediately with the following bash syntax error, preventing local typos checks from running:

scripts/check-typos: line 14: conditional binary operator expected
make: *** [check] Error 2

This happens because

scripts/check-typos
uses the [[ -v CI ]] syntax, which requires bash 4.2+. The default bash version on macOS is 3.2.57.

Possible solution

Modify line 14 in

scripts/check-typos
to be compatible with older bash versions.

Change: if [[ -v CI ]] ; then

To: if [[ -n "${CI:-}" ]] ; then

Once this is fixed, we could optionally enforce a run of the

typos
binary across the codebase to fix any existing misspellings it finds.

Are you interested in contributing a fix?

Yes

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[komalwork286-max]

Hello,

I would like to work on this issue.

From the description, it seems the problem occurs because the script uses the [[ -v CI ]] syntax which is not supported in the default bash version (3.2) on macOS. I plan to update the condition to [[ -n "${CI:-}" ]] to make it compatible with older bash versions while keeping the same behavior.

Please let me know if this approach is acceptable, and I can start working on the fix.

Thank you!

[zbynek]

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