Re: [PATCH GSoC RFC v12 04/12] t1006: split test utility functions into new "lib-cat-file.sh"

>
> On Mon, 8 Jun 2026 at 15:44, Pablo Sabater <pabloosabaterr@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > From: Eric Ju <eric.peijian@gmail.com>
> >
> > This refactor extracts utility functions from the cat-file's test
> > script "t1006-cat-file.sh" into a new "lib-cat-file.sh" dedicated
> > library file. The goal is to improve code reuse and readability,
> > enabling future tests to leverage these utilities without duplicating
> > code.
>
> Hmm, seems like a premature change to me. Do any of the subsequent
> commits require this refactor? Maybe the follow-up series that enables
> %objecttype support needs it? Did someone request this change in v11's
> feedback?
>
> If any of those are true, I think it's worthwhile mentioning it here. That will
> make it easier to determine whether this change is truly necessary.

>
> > Signed-off-by: Pablo Sabater <pabloosabaterr@gmail.com>
> > ---
> >  t/lib-cat-file.sh   | 16 ++++++++++++++++
> >  t/t1006-cat-file.sh | 13 +------------
> >  2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/t/lib-cat-file.sh b/t/lib-cat-file.sh
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000000..44af232d74
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/t/lib-cat-file.sh
> > @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
> > +# Library of git-cat-file related test functions.
> > +
> > +# Print a string without a trailing newline.
> > +echo_without_newline () {
> > +       printf '%s' "$*"
> > +}
> > +
> > +# Print a string without newlines and replace them with a NULL character (\0).
> > +echo_without_newline_nul () {
> > +       echo_without_newline "$@" | tr '\n' '\0'
> > +}
> > +
> > +# Calculate the length of a string.
> > +strlen () {
> > +       echo_without_newline "$1" | wc -c | sed -e 's/^ *//'
> > +}
> > diff --git a/t/t1006-cat-file.sh b/t/t1006-cat-file.sh
> > index 8e2c52652c..8360f3bbd9 100755
> > --- a/t/t1006-cat-file.sh
> > +++ b/t/t1006-cat-file.sh
> > @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ test_description='git cat-file'
> >
> >  . ./test-lib.sh
> >  . "$TEST_DIRECTORY/lib-loose.sh"
> > +. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/lib-cat-file.sh
> >
> >  test_cmdmode_usage () {
> >         test_expect_code 129 "$@" 2>err &&
> > @@ -99,18 +100,6 @@ do
> >         '
> >  done
> >
> > -echo_without_newline () {
> > -    printf '%s' "$*"
> > -}
> > -
> > -echo_without_newline_nul () {
> > -       echo_without_newline "$@" | tr '\n' '\0'
> > -}
> > -
> > -strlen () {
> > -    echo_without_newline "$1" | wc -c | sed -e 's/^ *//'
> > -}
> > -
> >  run_tests () {
> >      type=$1
> >      object_name="$2"
> >
> > --
> > 2.54.0