From: Junio C Hamano Date: Mon, 04 May 2015 00:10:51 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 0/4] cat-file: add support for "-allow-unknown-type" Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <55463094.9040204@gmail.com> Hmmmm... you do not seem to pass your own test. expecting success: echo $bogus_type >expect && git cat-file -t --allow-unknown-type $bogus_sha1 >actual && test_cmp expect actual --- expect 2015-05-04 00:09:24.327335512 +0000 +++ actual 2015-05-04 00:09:24.335335473 +0000 @@ -1 +1 @@ -abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234679 +abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz123467abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234679 not ok 86 - Type of broken object is correct when type is large