[PATCH v5 02/10] cat-file tests: test messaging on bad objects/paths

From: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date: Dec 22, 2021, 04:12 UTC
Message-ID: <patch-v5-02.10-291312e2fb5-20211222T041050Z-avarab@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <cover-v5-00.10-00000000000-20211222T041050Z-avarab@gmail.com>

Add tests for the output that's emitted when we disambiguate <obj>:<path> in cat-file. This gives us a baseline for improving these messages.

For e.g. "git blame" we'll emit:

    $ git blame HEAD:foo
    fatal: no such path 'HEAD:foo' in HEAD

But cat-file doesn't disambiguate these two cases, and just gives the rather unhelpful:

    $ git cat-file --textconv HEAD:foo
    fatal: Not a valid object name HEAD:foo

Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
---
 t/t8007-cat-file-textconv.sh | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+)

diff --git a/t/t8007-cat-file-textconv.sh b/t/t8007-cat-file-textconv.sh
index eacd49ade63..71ea2ac987e 100755
--- a/t/t8007-cat-file-textconv.sh
+++ b/t/t8007-cat-file-textconv.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,48 @@ test_expect_success 'setup ' '
 	GIT_AUTHOR_NAME=Number2 git commit -a -m Second --date="2010-01-01 20:00:00"
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'usage: <bad rev>' '
+	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+	fatal: Not a valid object name HEAD2
+	EOF
+	test_must_fail git cat-file --textconv HEAD2 2>actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'usage: <bad rev>:<bad path>' '
+	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+	fatal: Not a valid object name HEAD2:two.bin
+	EOF
+	test_must_fail git cat-file --textconv HEAD2:two.bin 2>actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'usage: <rev>:<bad path>' '
+	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+	fatal: Not a valid object name HEAD:two.bin
+	EOF
+	test_must_fail git cat-file --textconv HEAD:two.bin 2>actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+
+test_expect_success 'usage: <rev> with no <path>' '
+	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+	fatal: git cat-file --textconv HEAD: <object> must be <sha1:path>
+	EOF
+	test_must_fail git cat-file --textconv HEAD 2>actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+
+test_expect_success 'usage: <bad rev>:<good (in HEAD) path>' '
+	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+	fatal: Not a valid object name HEAD2:one.bin
+	EOF
+	test_must_fail git cat-file --textconv HEAD2:one.bin 2>actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 cat >expected <<EOF
 bin: test version 2
 EOF

-- 
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