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Re: [PATCH v3 1/9] t5520: fixup file contents comparisons

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
May 13, 2015, 14:01 UTC
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Paul Tan <pyokagan@gmail.com> writes:
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> Many tests in t5520 used the following to test the contents of files:
>
> 	test `cat file` = expected
>
> or
>
> 	test $(cat file) = expected
>
> These 2 forms, however, will be affected by field splitting and,
> depending on the value of $IFS, may be split into multiple arguments,
> making the test fail in mysterious ways.
>
> Replace the above 2 forms with:
>
> 	verbose test "$(cat file)" = expected

Quoting is very much a good idea, but I am not enthused by the vision of having to write verbose everywhere in our script.

After seeing a script fail, you can run it again with -i -x options; wouldn't it be sufficient?

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Message 3 of 25 in “Improve git-pull test coverage”
  1. 0/9 Improve git-pull test coveragePaul Tan, May 13, 2015
  2. 1/9 t5520: fixup file contents comparisonsPaul Tan, May 13, 2015
  3. Junio C HamanoMay 13, 2015
  4. Junio C HamanoMay 13, 2015
  5. Michael BlumeMay 14, 2015
  6. Junio C HamanoMay 14, 2015
  7. Paul TanMay 15, 2015
  8. Junio C HamanoMay 15, 2015
  9. Junio C HamanoMay 15, 2015
  10. Paul TanMay 16, 2015
  11. Junio C HamanoMay 16, 2015
  12. Junio C HamanoMay 16, 2015
  13. Paul TanMay 17, 2015
  14. 2/9 t5520: ensure origin refs are updatedPaul Tan, May 13, 2015
  15. Junio C HamanoMay 13, 2015
  16. Paul TanMay 18, 2015
  17. 3/9 t5520: test no merge candidates casesPaul Tan, May 13, 2015
  18. 4/9 t5520: test for failure if index has unresolved entriesPaul Tan, May 13, 2015
  19. Matthieu MoyMay 13, 2015
  20. Paul TanMay 15, 2015
  21. 5/9 t5520: test work tree fast-forward when fetch updates headPaul Tan, May 13, 2015
  22. 6/9 t5520: test --rebase with multiple branchesPaul Tan, May 13, 2015
  23. 7/9 t5520: test --rebase failure on unborn branch with indexPaul Tan, May 13, 2015
  24. 8/9 t5521: test --dry-run does not make any changesPaul Tan, May 13, 2015
  25. 9/9 t5520: check reflog action in fast-forward mergePaul Tan, May 13, 2015

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