From: Junio C Hamano Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 21:45:17 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] format-patch: check that header line has expected format Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <1450027638-788102-4-git-send-email-sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> "brian m. carlson" writes: > +test_expect_success 'From line has expected format' ' > + git format-patch --stdout v2..v1 >patch2 && > + cnt=$(egrep "^From [0-9a-f]{40} Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001" patch2 | wc -l) && Also, with $_x40, you do not need egrep. > + test $cnt = 3 > +' > + > test_done