# [PATCH] test_detect_ref_format: fix comment

2 messages from 2025-12-18 to 2025-12-19. Participants: Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Patrick Steinhardt.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/64649

## Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, 2025-12-18 15:20

Subject: [PATCH] test_detect_ref_format: fix comment
Message-ID: <pull.2019.git.1766071259531.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/pull.2019.git.1766071259531.gitgitgadget%40gmail.com

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From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>

When 58aaf59133b (t: introduce GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_REF_FORMAT envvar,
2023-12-29) copy-edited the `test_detect_hash` function, the code
comment was accidentally left unchanged. Let's adjust it.

Noticed-by: Matthew John Cheetham <mjcheetham@outlook.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
---
    test_detect_ref_format: fix comment

Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-2019%2Fdscho%2Ffix-detect-ref-format-comment-v1
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-2019/dscho/fix-detect-ref-format-comment-v1
Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/2019

 t/test-lib-functions.sh | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/t/test-lib-functions.sh b/t/test-lib-functions.sh
index 52d7759bf5..14e238d24d 100644
--- a/t/test-lib-functions.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib-functions.sh
@@ -1724,7 +1724,7 @@ test_detect_hash () {
 	esac
 }
 
-# Detect the hash algorithm in use.
+# Detect the ref format in use.
 test_detect_ref_format () {
 	echo "${GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_REF_FORMAT:-files}"
 }

base-commit: c4a0c8845e2426375ad257b6c221a3a7d92ecfda
-- 
gitgitgadget

```

## Patrick Steinhardt, 2025-12-19 06:43

Subject: Re: [PATCH] test_detect_ref_format: fix comment
Message-ID: <aUT0FKKNTACtY1gF@pks.im>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/aUT0FKKNTACtY1gF%40pks.im
In-Reply-To: <pull.2019.git.1766071259531.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

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On Thu, Dec 18, 2025 at 03:20:59PM +0000, Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget wrote:
> diff --git a/t/test-lib-functions.sh b/t/test-lib-functions.sh
> index 52d7759bf5..14e238d24d 100644
> --- a/t/test-lib-functions.sh
> +++ b/t/test-lib-functions.sh
> @@ -1724,7 +1724,7 @@ test_detect_hash () {
>  	esac
>  }
>  
> -# Detect the hash algorithm in use.
> +# Detect the ref format in use.
>  test_detect_ref_format () {
>  	echo "${GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_REF_FORMAT:-files}"
>  }

An obvious copy-paste error indeed. Thanks for fixing, this looks good
to me!

Patrick

```
