Re: [PATCH v8 03/15] t1092: replace incorrect 'echo' with 'cat'

From: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>
Date: Jul 14, 2021, 00:02 UTC
Message-ID: <06de6811-0d04-c39f-589f-d5563b3149cf@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <05981e30b97a3e668b3a9675508135d42f15450f.1626112556.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

On 13/07/21 00.55, Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget wrote:

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> From: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
> 
> This fixes the test data shape to be as expected, allowing rename
> detection to work properly now that the 'larger-content' file actually
> has meaningful lines.
>

What's the connection with s/echo/cat/ ?

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> @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ test_expect_success 'setup' '
>   		done &&
>   
>   		git checkout -b rename-base base &&
> -		echo >folder1/larger-content <<-\EOF &&
> +		cat >folder1/larger-content <<-\EOF &&
>   		matching
>   		lines
>   		help
>

OK, because to write multi-line file in scripts one must use cat, while echo can only write single line.

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