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[PATCH 3/3] Test interaction between diff --check and --exit-code

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Wincent Colaiuta <win@wincent.com>
Date
Dec 14, 2007, 11:23 UTC
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Make sure that it works as advertised in the man page.
Signed-off-by: Wincent Colaiuta <win@wincent.com>
---
 t/t4017-diff-retval.sh |   29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/t/t4017-diff-retval.sh b/t/t4017-diff-retval.sh
index 6873190..dc0b712 100755
--- a/t/t4017-diff-retval.sh
+++ b/t/t4017-diff-retval.sh
@@ -76,4 +76,33 @@ test_expect_success 'git diff-index --cached HEAD' '
 	}
 '
 
+test_expect_success '--check --exit-code returns 0 for no difference' '
+
+	git diff --check --exit-code
+
+'
+
+test_expect_success '--check --exit-code returns 1 for a clean difference' '
+
+	echo "good" > a &&
+	git diff --check --exit-code
+	test $? = 1
+
+'
+
+test_expect_success '--check --exit-code returns 3 for a dirty difference' '
+
+	echo "bad   " >> a &&
+	git diff --check --exit-code
+	test $? = 3
+
+'
+
+test_expect_success '--check with --no-pager returns 2 for dirty difference' '
+
+	git --no-pager diff --check
+	test $? = 2
+
+'
+
 test_done
-- 
1.5.4.rc0.1099.g76fa0-dirty
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Message 4 of 24 in “diff topic tweaks”
  1. 0/3 diff topic tweaksWincent Colaiuta, Dec 14, 2007
  2. 1/3 Revert changes and extend diff option documentationWincent Colaiuta, Dec 14, 2007
  3. 2/3 Use shorter error messages for whitespace problemsWincent Colaiuta, Dec 14, 2007
  4. 3/3 Test interaction between diff --check and --exit-codeWincent Colaiuta, Dec 14, 2007
  5. Junio C HamanoDec 16, 2007
  6. git.c option parsing (was: [PATCH 1/3] Revert changes and extend diff option documentation)Wincent Colaiuta, Dec 17, 2007
  7. Junio C HamanoDec 17, 2007
  8. Wincent ColaiutaDec 17, 2007
  9. Pierre HabouzitDec 17, 2007
  10. Pierre HabouzitDec 17, 2007
  11. Have a flag to stop the option parsing at the first argument.Pierre Habouzit, Dec 17, 2007
  12. Johannes SchindelinDec 17, 2007
  13. Wincent ColaiutaDec 17, 2007
  14. Pierre HabouzitDec 17, 2007
  15. Johannes SchindelinDec 17, 2007
  16. Wincent ColaiutaDec 17, 2007
  17. Johannes SchindelinDec 17, 2007
  18. Wincent ColaiutaDec 17, 2007
  19. Johannes SchindelinDec 17, 2007
  20. Wincent ColaiutaDec 17, 2007
  21. Johannes SchindelinDec 17, 2007
  22. Wincent ColaiutaDec 17, 2007
  23. Johannes SixtDec 17, 2007
  24. Pierre HabouzitDec 17, 2007

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