From: Deveshi Dwivedi <deveshigurgaon@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 16:59:35 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] t1006: fix %(rest) test for object names with whitespace
Message-ID: <CAG7UgETZFiB_J3wO+OD+R76GtOR5eNNNv7XAT_HPBksM9FHGsw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqldgo148k.fsf@gitster.g>

> We already _promise_ to chop the input line at the first whitespace
> boundary in our documentation when we use %(rest), so there is
> nothing we can do to "fix" on the implementation side.  What your
> original tested, i.e., if the early part of the input up to the
> first whitespace does *not* name an object, then the test cannot
> succeed (not just that, the test should fail, unless it happens to
> name another valid object), is the advertised behaviour of this
> feature.

Thank you for the clarification. I understand that the whitespace
split is the documented behavior of %(rest), so there is nothing to
fix on the implementation side.