# [PATCH] t7606: Avoid using head as a file name

2 messages from 2010-08-23 to 2010-08-23. Participants: Brian Gernhardt, Jonathan Nieder.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/24839

## Brian Gernhardt, 2010-08-23 20:15

Subject: [PATCH] t7606: Avoid using head as a file name
Message-ID: <1282594547-78944-1-git-send-email-brian@gernhardtsoftware.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1282594547-78944-1-git-send-email-brian%40gernhardtsoftware.com

```
A file named 'head' gets confused with the HEAD ref on
case-insensitive file systems.  Replace '>head' with '>head.new' to
match the '>head.old' files they are compared to.

Signed-off-by: Brian Gernhardt <brian@gernhardtsoftware.com>
---
 t/t7606-merge-custom.sh |    8 ++++----
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/t/t7606-merge-custom.sh b/t/t7606-merge-custom.sh
index 13c2193..8e8c4d7 100755
--- a/t/t7606-merge-custom.sh
+++ b/t/t7606-merge-custom.sh
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ test_expect_success 'merge c2 with a custom strategy' '
 	git rev-parse c2^{tree} >tree.expected &&
 	git merge -s theirs c2 &&
 
-	git rev-parse HEAD >head &&
+	git rev-parse HEAD >head.new &&
 	git rev-parse HEAD^1 >first-parent &&
 	git rev-parse HEAD^2 >second-parent &&
 	git rev-parse HEAD^{tree} >tree &&
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ test_expect_success 'merge c2 with a custom strategy' '
 	git diff --exit-code c2 HEAD &&
 	git diff --exit-code c2 &&
 
-	! test_cmp head.old head &&
+	! test_cmp head.old head.new &&
 	test_cmp head.old first-parent &&
 	test_cmp second-parent.expected second-parent &&
 	test_cmp tree.expected tree &&
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ test_expect_success 'trivial merge with custom strategy' '
 	git rev-parse c3^{tree} >tree.expected &&
 	git merge -s theirs c3 &&
 
-	git rev-parse HEAD >head &&
+	git rev-parse HEAD >head.new &&
 	git rev-parse HEAD^1 >first-parent &&
 	git rev-parse HEAD^2 >second-parent &&
 	git rev-parse HEAD^{tree} >tree &&
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ test_expect_success 'trivial merge with custom strategy' '
 	git diff --exit-code c3 HEAD &&
 	git diff --exit-code c3 &&
 
-	! test_cmp head.old head &&
+	! test_cmp head.old head.new &&
 	test_cmp head.old first-parent &&
 	test_cmp second-parent.expected second-parent &&
 	test_cmp tree.expected tree &&
-- 
1.7.2.2.399.g628fd

```

## Jonathan Nieder, 2010-08-23 20:27

Subject: Re: [PATCH] t7606: Avoid using head as a file name
Message-ID: <20100823202737.GC2120@burratino>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20100823202737.GC2120%40burratino
In-Reply-To: <1282594547-78944-1-git-send-email-brian@gernhardtsoftware.com>

```
Brian Gernhardt wrote:

> A file named 'head' gets confused with the HEAD ref on
> case-insensitive file systems.  Replace '>head' with '>head.new' to
> match the '>head.old' files they are compared to.

Ok.  (Thanks for the catch.)

Acked-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>

```
