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[PATCH] test for add with non-existent pathspec

From
Chris Packham <judge.packham@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 9, 2010, 21:31 UTC
Message-ID
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<a038bef51002090643g23b35bb6xaa765ff13b80f5bb@mail.gmail.com>

Add a test for 'git add -u pathspec' and 'git add pathspec' where pathspec does not exist. The expected result is that git add exits with an error message and an appropriate exit code.

This adds 1 expected failure to t/t2200-add-update.sh.
Signed-off-by: Chris Packham <judge.packham@gmail.com>
---

If anyone feels like pursuing this heres a patch to two simple tests around this behaviour. I made an initial attempt to change builtin-add.c to print an error message and set the exit code to a non-zero value but my naive attempt broke the normal usage of 'git add pathspec'.

 t/t2200-add-update.sh |    5 +++++
 t/t3700-add.sh        |    5 +++++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/t/t2200-add-update.sh b/t/t2200-add-update.sh
index 9120750..dbabc3c 100755
--- a/t/t2200-add-update.sh
+++ b/t/t2200-add-update.sh
@@ -176,4 +176,9 @@ test_expect_success 'add -u resolves unmerged paths' '
 
 '
 
+test_expect_failure 'error out when attempting to add -u non-existent pathspec' '
+	test_must_fail git add -u non-existent &&
+	! (git ls-files | grep "non-existent")
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t3700-add.sh b/t/t3700-add.sh
index 85eb0fb..c77bb71 100755
--- a/t/t3700-add.sh
+++ b/t/t3700-add.sh
@@ -255,4 +255,9 @@ test_expect_success 'git add to resolve conflicts on otherwise ignored path' '
 	git add track-this
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'error out when attempting to add non-existent pathspec' '
+	test_must_fail git add non-existent &&
+	! (git ls-files | grep "non-existent")
+'
+
 test_done
-- 
1.6.4.2
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Message 5 of 13 in “git add -u nonexistent-file”
  1. SZEDER GáborFeb 8, 2010
  2. Chris PackhamFeb 8, 2010
  3. Jeff KingFeb 9, 2010
  4. Chris PackhamFeb 9, 2010
  5. test for add with non-existent pathspecChris Packham, Feb 9, 2010
  6. Junio C HamanoFeb 9, 2010
  7. Chris PackhamFeb 9, 2010
  8. Chris PackhamFeb 9, 2010
  9. 1/3 test for add with non-existent pathspecChris Packham, Feb 9, 2010
  10. 2/3 git add -u: give an error if pathspec unmatchedChris Packham, Feb 9, 2010
  11. 3/3 t2200-add-update.sh: change expected fail to successChris Packham, Feb 9, 2010
  12. Junio C HamanoFeb 9, 2010
  13. Jeff KingFeb 10, 2010

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