From: Beat Bolli Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2024 20:58:41 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/22] t/t4*: avoid redundant uses of cat Message-ID: In-Reply-To: On 06.03.24 02:08, Eric Sunshine wrote: > On Tue, Mar 5, 2024 at 4:31 PM Beat Bolli wrote: >> diff --git a/t/t4020-diff-external.sh b/t/t4020-diff-external.sh >> @@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ keep_only_cr () { >> test_expect_success 'external diff with autocrlf = true' ' >> test_config core.autocrlf true && >> GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF=./fake-diff.sh git diff && >> - test $(wc -l < crlfed.txt) = $(cat crlfed.txt | keep_only_cr | wc -c) >> + test $(wc -l < crlfed.txt) = $(keep_only_cr > ' > > Could also fix the style problem (drop whitespace after existing `<` > operator) while here, but not at all worth a reroll. > >> diff --git a/t/t4150-am.sh b/t/t4150-am.sh >> @@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ test_expect_success 'am takes patches from a Pine mailbox' ' >> git checkout first && >> - cat pine patch1 | git am && >> + git am pine patch1 && > > As with Junio, the semantic change made here concerned me. I was even more on the fence about this hunk than the others, but then the test was about 'am takes patches from a Pine mailbox', not specifically about reading a Pine mailbox from stdin. But I can drop this hunk in v2. Cheers, Beat