Re: [PATCH v3] var: add GIT_DEFAULT_BRANCH variable

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Nov 3, 2021, 20:04 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq5yt96m5h.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <CAPig+cR0PL-XtfC8v4-u1Taq6yOLO=2HSHsNBnzvzLCyM-whZA@mail.gmail.com>

Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> writes:

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> earlier in the thread (i.e. create a dummy repo and ask it for its
> default branch)? Something like this (untested):
>
>     (
>         sane_unset GIT_TEST_... &&
>         git init defbranch &&
>         git -C defbranch symbolic-ref --short HEAD >expect &&
>         git var GIT_DEFAULT_BRANCH >actual &&
>         test_cmp expect actual
>     )

So, the idea is to "observe" what the init command actually does, and see if that matches the behaviour of the var command?

Sounds like a good way to ensure correctness to me.

Thanks.