Because test_must_fail fails when a command succeeds, the command frequently does not produce any output (since, after all, it thought it was succeeding). So let's have test_must_fail itself report that a problem occurred. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> --- t/test-lib.sh | 10 +++++++++- 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/t/test-lib.sh b/t/test-lib.sh index 3a3d4c4..285bfd8 100644 --- a/t/test-lib.sh +++ b/t/test-lib.sh @@ -591,7 +591,15 @@ test_path_is_missing () { test_must_fail () { "$@" - test $? -gt 0 -a $? -le 129 -o $? -gt 192 + exit_code=$? + if test $exit_code = 0; then + echo >&2 "test_must_fail: command succeeded: $*" + return 1 + elif test $exit_code -gt 129 -a $exit_code -le 192; then + echo >&2 "test_must_fail: died by signal: $*" + return 1 + fi + return 0 } # Similar to test_must_fail, but tolerates success, too. This is -- 1.7.2.2.119.gf9c33 -- 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