Don't feed multiple-line pattern to grep and expect them to match with lines in order. Simplify the grep expressions in the non-fast-forward tests to check only for the first line of the non-fast-forward warning - having that line should be enough assurance that the full warning is printed. Signed-off-by: Tay Ray Chuan <rctay89@xxxxxxxxx> --- t/t5541-http-push.sh | 12 ++++-------- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/t/t5541-http-push.sh b/t/t5541-http-push.sh index 83a8e14..53f54a2 100755 --- a/t/t5541-http-push.sh +++ b/t/t5541-http-push.sh @@ -105,10 +105,8 @@ test_expect_success 'non-fast-forward push show ref status' ' ' test_expect_success 'non-fast-forward push shows help message' ' - grep \ -"To prevent you from losing history, non-fast-forward updates were rejected -Merge the remote changes before pushing again. See the '"'non-fast-forward'"' -section of '"'git push --help'"' for details." output + grep "To prevent you from losing history, non-fast-forward updates were rejected" \ + output ' test_expect_success 'push fails for non-fast-forward refs unmatched by remote helper' ' @@ -126,10 +124,8 @@ test_expect_success 'push fails for non-fast-forward refs unmatched by remote he grep "^ + [a-f0-9]*\.\.\.[a-f0-9]* *master -> master (forced update)$" output && grep "^ ! \[rejected\] *master -> retsam (non-fast-forward)$" output && - grep \ -"To prevent you from losing history, non-fast-forward updates were rejected -Merge the remote changes before pushing again. See the '"'non-fast-forward'"' -section of '"'git push --help'"' for details." output + grep "To prevent you from losing history, non-fast-forward updates were rejected" \ + output ' stop_httpd -- 1.6.6.1.436.gaba7d -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html