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[PATCH v3 3/3] format-patch: check that header line has expected format

From
brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Date
Dec 15, 2015, 01:52 UTC
Message-ID
<1450144325-182108-4-git-send-email-sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
In-Reply-To
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The format of the "From " header line is very specific to allow utilities to detect Git-style patches. Add a test that the patches created are in the expected format.

Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
---
 t/t4014-format-patch.sh | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/t/t4014-format-patch.sh b/t/t4014-format-patch.sh
index 2737ca63..646c4750 100755
--- a/t/t4014-format-patch.sh
+++ b/t/t4014-format-patch.sh
@@ -1438,4 +1438,11 @@ test_expect_success 'format-patch --zero-commit' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'From line has expected format' '
+	git format-patch --stdout v2..v1 >patch2 &&
+	grep "^From " patch2 >from &&
+	grep "^From $_x40 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001$" patch2 >filtered &&
+	test_cmp from filtered
+'
+
 test_done
-- 
2.7.0.rc0.194.g1187e4e.dirty
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  1. 0/3 format-patch: introduce option to suppress commit hashesbrian m. carlson, Dec 15, 2015
  2. 1/3 Introduce a null_oid constant.brian m. carlson, Dec 15, 2015
  3. 2/3 format-patch: add an option to suppress commit hashbrian m. carlson, Dec 15, 2015
  4. 3/3 format-patch: check that header line has expected formatbrian m. carlson, Dec 15, 2015

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