Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] t1011: add testcase demonstrating accidental loss of user modifications

From: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date: Feb 16, 2022, 08:51 UTC
Message-ID: <220216.86sfsjur8m.gmgdl@evledraar.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <d50d804af4e17ff1613ae40e3b5cf1b1bd0986a0.1642175983.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

On Fri, Jan 14 2022, Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget wrote:

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> From: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
> [...]
> +	test_path_is_file init.t &&
> +	grep -q dirty init.t
> [...]
> +	test_path_is_file init.t &&
> +	grep -q dirty init.t

Maybe I'm missing something, but can these two just be:

    grep dirty init.t

I.e. won't grep report errors appropriately here, e.g.:
    
    $ grep foo t
    grep: t: Is a directory
    $ grep foo x
    grep: x: No such file or directory

The only prior art I could find was the same pattern in your c449947a79d (directory rename detection: files/directories in the way of some renames, 2018-04-19).

It's probably good to lose the "-q" too, unless this output is way too verbose without it. In any case the errors wouldn't be affected.