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Re: [GSoC PATCH 00/16] Microproject: avoid suppressing git's exit code

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Mar 29, 2026, 00:44 UTC
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Trieu Huynh <vikingtc4@gmail.com> writes:
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> Piping git command output directly to subsequent command (eg. grep)
> hides the exit code of git behind the pipe.  A crash in git would go
> unnoticed because the shell only sees grep's exit code.
>
> This series extends the same fix to 16 more test files, following the
> approach introduced in t8003 [1] (redirect output to a temporary file,
> then use test_grep on that file).
>
> Note: t2206 is a special case -- some tests cd into a subdirectory
> that is itself a git repo and run 'git add .' on the whole working
> tree.  To prevent the temporary file from being accidentally staged,
> it is written as '../actual', outside the inner repo.
>
> Related-to: https://lore.kernel.org/git/20260328132955.172262-1-vikingtc4@gmail.com/T/#t
> See-also: https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqq4im2sjnu.fsf@gitster.g/T/#t
See also https://git.github.io/General-Microproject-Information/#:~:text=Only%20ONE%20quality%20focused%20microproject%20per%20applicant
Thanks.
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Message 18 of 24 in “Microproject: avoid suppressing git's exit code”
  1. 00/16 Microproject: avoid suppressing git's exit codeTrieu Huynh, Mar 28, 2026
  2. 01/16 t7004: avoid suppressing git's exit codeTrieu Huynh, Mar 28, 2026
  3. 02/16 t6423: avoid suppressing git's exit codeTrieu Huynh, Mar 28, 2026
  4. 03/16 t6411: avoid suppressing git's exit codeTrieu Huynh, Mar 28, 2026
  5. 04/16 t6101: avoid suppressing git's exit codeTrieu Huynh, Mar 28, 2026
  6. 05/16 t6006: avoid suppressing git's exit codeTrieu Huynh, Mar 28, 2026
  7. 06/16 t5304: avoid suppressing git's exit codeTrieu Huynh, Mar 28, 2026
  8. 07/16 t4153: avoid suppressing git's exit codeTrieu Huynh, Mar 28, 2026
  9. 08/16 t4150: avoid suppressing git's exit codeTrieu Huynh, Mar 28, 2026
  10. 09/16 t4140: avoid suppressing git's exit codeTrieu Huynh, Mar 28, 2026
  11. 10/16 t4039: avoid suppressing git's exit codeTrieu Huynh, Mar 28, 2026
  12. 11/16 t3903: avoid suppressing git's exit codeTrieu Huynh, Mar 28, 2026
  13. 12/16 t3701: avoid suppressing git's exit codeTrieu Huynh, Mar 28, 2026
  14. 13/16 t3412: avoid suppressing git's exit codeTrieu Huynh, Mar 28, 2026
  15. 14/16 t1400: avoid suppressing git's exit codeTrieu Huynh, Mar 28, 2026
  16. 15/16 t0100: avoid suppressing git's exit codeTrieu Huynh, Mar 28, 2026
  17. 16/16 t2206: avoid suppressing git's exit codeTrieu Huynh, Mar 28, 2026
  18. Junio C HamanoMar 29, 2026
  19. Trieu HuynhMar 29, 2026
  20. Tian YuchenMar 29, 2026
  21. Tian YuchenMar 29, 2026
  22. Karthik NayakMar 30, 2026
  23. Junio C HamanoMar 30, 2026
  24. Trieu HuynhMar 30, 2026

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