From: Torsten Bögershausen Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 05:14:24 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] Add tests for git-log --merges=show|hide|only Message-ID: <550FA130.1030402@web.de> In-Reply-To: <550F450F.6070207@posteo.de> Back to the original discussion: +test_expect_success 'log with config log.merges=show' ' + git config log.merges show && + git log --pretty=tformat:%s >actual && + test_cmp both_commits_merges actual && + git config --unset log.merges These days I would probably shorten the code, the review time and the execution time of the test and increase the clean-ness with 50% by simply writing +test_expect_success 'log with config log.merges=show' ' + git -c log.merges=show log --pretty=tformat:%s >actual && + test_cmp both_commits_merges actual + '