From: Clemens Buchacher Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2012 09:39:35 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 3/4] git-cherry-pick: Add test to validate new options Message-ID: <20120415093933.GB6263@ecki> In-Reply-To: <1334342707-3326-4-git-send-email-nhorman@tuxdriver.com> On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 02:45:06PM -0400, Neil Horman wrote: > > +test_expect_success 'cherry pick an empty non-ff commit without --allow-empty' ' > + git checkout master && > + echo fourth >> file2 && > + git add file2 && > + git commit -m "fourth" && { > + test_must_fail git cherry-pick empty-branch2 > + } > +' You don't need the braces. The same below. > + > +test_expect_success 'cherry pick an empty non-ff commit with --allow-empty' ' > + git checkout master && { > + git cherry-pick --allow-empty empty-branch2 > + } > +' > + > +test_expect_success 'cherry pick with --keep-redundant-commits' ' > + git checkout master && { > + git cherry-pick --keep-redundant-commits HEAD^ > + } > +' And the expected result is that the HEAD commit is not removed, right? You should check for that as well. Also, please checkout empty-branch2^0 first, in order to make the test independent of its predecessor.