Re: [PATCH 1/2] config: improve error message for boolean config

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Sep 18, 2020, 18:10 UTC
Message-ID: <20200918181026.GA187490@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <689d84672422dd96d1eb89ea6137e79ce4030248.1600395427.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 02:17:06AM +0000, Andrew Klotz via GitGitGadget wrote:

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> diff --git a/t/t0205-gettext-poison.sh b/t/t0205-gettext-poison.sh
> index f9fa16ad83..b66d34c6f2 100755
> --- a/t/t0205-gettext-poison.sh
> +++ b/t/t0205-gettext-poison.sh
> @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ test_expect_success 'eval_gettext: our eval_gettext() fallback has poison semant
>  
>  test_expect_success "gettext: invalid GIT_TEST_GETTEXT_POISON value doesn't infinitely loop" "
>  	test_must_fail env GIT_TEST_GETTEXT_POISON=xyz git version 2>error &&
> -	grep \"fatal: bad numeric config value 'xyz' for 'GIT_TEST_GETTEXT_POISON': invalid unit\" error
> +	grep \"fatal: bad boolean config value 'xyz' for 'GIT_TEST_GETTEXT_POISON'\" error
>  "

This test is pretty subtle and depends on gettext-poison's inner workings. I wonder if it's worth adding a separate:

  git config --bool --default=foo does.not.exist

test in t1300 or similar.

-Peff