The test fails for me on NetBSD 6.0.1 and reports: ok 1 - ref name '' is invalid ok 2 - ref name '/' is invalid ok 3 - ref name '/' is invalid with options --allow-onelevel ok 4 - ref name '/' is invalid with options --normalize error: bug in the test script: not 2 or 3 parameters to test-expect-success The alleged bug is in this line: invalid_ref NOT_MINGW '/' '--allow-onelevel --normalize' invalid_ref() constructs a test case description using its last argument, but the shell seems to split it up into two pieces if it contains a space. Minimal test case: # on NetBSD with /bin/sh $ a() { echo $#-$1-$2; } $ t="x"; a "${t:+$t}" 1-x- $ t="x y"; a "${t:+$t}" 2-x-y $ t="x y"; a "${t:+x y}" 1-x y- # and with bash $ t="x y"; a "${t:+$t}" 1-x y- $ t="x y"; a "${t:+x y}" 1-x y- This may be a bug in the shell, but here's a simple workaround: Construct the description string first and store it in a variable, and then use that to call test_expect_success(). Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <rene.scharfe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- t/t1402-check-ref-format.sh | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/t/t1402-check-ref-format.sh b/t/t1402-check-ref-format.sh index 1ae4d87..1a5a5f3 100755 --- a/t/t1402-check-ref-format.sh +++ b/t/t1402-check-ref-format.sh @@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ valid_ref() { prereq=$1 shift esac - test_expect_success $prereq "ref name '$1' is valid${2:+ with options $2}" " + desc="ref name '$1' is valid${2:+ with options $2}" + test_expect_success $prereq "$desc" " git check-ref-format $2 '$1' " } @@ -22,7 +23,8 @@ invalid_ref() { prereq=$1 shift esac - test_expect_success $prereq "ref name '$1' is invalid${2:+ with options $2}" " + desc="ref name '$1' is invalid${2:+ with options $2}" + test_expect_success $prereq "$desc" " test_must_fail git check-ref-format $2 '$1' " } -- 1.7.12 -- 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