Hi, Jonathan Nieder writes: > test_expect_success 'A: export marks with large values' ' > + test_tick && > + mt=$(git hash-object --stdin </dev/null) && > + >input.blob && > + >marks.exp && > + >tree.exp && > + > + cat >input.commit <<-EOF && > + commit refs/heads/verify--dump-marks > + committer $GIT_COMMITTER_NAME <$GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL> $GIT_COMMITTER_DATE > + data <<COMMIT > + test the sparse array dumping routines with exponentially growing marks Ok, so we want marks to grow exponentially. > + COMMIT > + EOF > + > + ( > + i=0 && > + l=4 && > + m=6 && > + n=7 && Maybe use slightly less cryptic variable names? > + while test "$i" -lt 27 Something like for i in `seq 1 10` will atleast make it clear that i is just a loop variable. That's one arbitrary variable less. > + do > + cat >>input.blob <<-EOF && > + blob > + mark :$l > + data 0 > + blob > + mark :$m > + data 0 > + blob > + mark :$n > + data 0 > + EOF > + { > + echo "M 100644 :$l l$i" && > + echo "M 100644 :$m m$i" && > + echo "M 100644 :$n n$i" > + } >>input.commit && > + { > + echo ":$l $mt" && > + echo ":$m $mt" && > + echo ":$n $mt" > + } >>marks.exp && > + { > + printf "100644 blob $mt\tl$i\n" && > + printf "100644 blob $mt\tm$i\n" && > + printf "100644 blob $mt\tn$i\n" > + } >>tree.exp && > + l=$(($l + $l)) && > + m=$(($m + $m)) && > + n=$(($l + $n)) && Maybe l=$(($l * 2)) and similarly for m to emphasize that they're doubling in every loop iteration? -- Ram -- 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