Re: [PATCH] t1420: use test helpers for lost-found checks

From: Pushkar Singh <pushkarkumarsingh1970@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 11, 2026, 14:50 UTC
Message-ID: <CALE2CrRJdNVVc+f5RR4yXBgsuYfGXSPaHUAA3qyLrkM3Met6wA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20260111143928.37604-1-pushkarkumarsingh1970@gmail.com>

I noticed that this test is already being worked on and reviewed in another thread. I’ll drop this patch to avoid duplication.

Thanks, Pushkar

On Sun, Jan 11, 2026 at 8:09 PM Pushkar Singh <pushkarkumarsingh1970@gmail.com> wrote:

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>
> The lost-found test used raw `test -f` and `ls | wc -l` checks.
> Replace them with `test_path_is_file` and `test_line_count` to provide
> clearer failure diagnostics and keep the test consistent with the
> rest of the test suite.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pushkar Singh <pushkarkumarsingh1970@gmail.com>
> ---
>  t/t1420-lost-found.sh | 7 ++++---
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/t/t1420-lost-found.sh b/t/t1420-lost-found.sh
> index 2fb2f44f02..da1e48d35e 100755
> --- a/t/t1420-lost-found.sh
> +++ b/t/t1420-lost-found.sh
> @@ -28,9 +28,10 @@ test_expect_success 'lost and found something' '
>         test_tick &&
>         git reset --hard HEAD^ &&
>         git fsck --lost-found &&
> -       test 2 = $(ls .git/lost-found/*/* | wc -l) &&
> -       test -f .git/lost-found/commit/$(cat lost-commit) &&
> -       test -f .git/lost-found/other/$(cat lost-other)
> +       ls .git/lost-found/*/* >actual &&
> +       test_line_count = 2 actual &&
> +       test_path_is_file .git/lost-found/commit/$(cat lost-commit) &&
> +       test_path_is_file .git/lost-found/other/$(cat lost-other)
>  '
>
>  test_done
> --
> 2.43.0
>