Hi Paul, Paul Campbell wrote: > --- a/contrib/subtree/t/t7900-subtree.sh > +++ b/contrib/subtree/t/t7900-subtree.sh > @@ -465,4 +465,34 @@ test_expect_success 'verify one file change per commit' ' [...] > +test_expect_success 'change in subtree is pushed okay' ' > + cd copy0 && create new_file && git commit -m"Added new_file" && > + cd .. && git subtree push --prefix=copy0 2>&1 | \ If it possible to restrict the chdirs to subshells, that can make the test more resiliant to early failures without breaking later tests. That is: ( cd copy0 && create new_file && test_tick && git commit -m "add new_file" ) && git subtree push --prefix=copy0 >output 2>&1 && grep "..." output > + grep "^\s\{3\}[0-9a-f]\{7\}\.\.[0-9a-f]\{7\}\s\s[0-9a-f]\{40\}\s->\ssub1$" This might not be portable if I understand Documentation/CodingGuidelines correctly. [...] > + (grep "^copy3 . sub2$" .gitsubtree && die || true) && ! grep "^copy3 . sub2\$" .gitsubtree && Hope that helps, Jonathan -- 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