The git version string is used in the wild, and in git gui, for capability checking purposes. Test the string format and version X.Y.Z number. The version string shall be: * a single line * less that 80 characters * start with `git version ` * with a following numeric X.Y.Z version. The remaining characters are undefined. Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@xxxxxxx> --- Should this be applied to t0000, or another test file? Should the version string be always limited to one line? Should the maximum string length be <80 characters? Is egrep OK, or should I use grep with a longer BRE? t/t0000-basic.sh | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/t/t0000-basic.sh b/t/t0000-basic.sh index cefe33d..052afca 100755 --- a/t/t0000-basic.sh +++ b/t/t0000-basic.sh @@ -610,4 +610,12 @@ test_expect_success 'very long name in the index handled sanely' ' test $len = 4098 ' +test_expect_success 'git version string X.Y.Z' ' + git --version >verstring && + test_line_count = 1 verstring && + len=$(wc -c verstring | sed "s/[^0-9]//g") && + test $len -lt 80 && + egrep -q "^git version [0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+.*" verstring +' + test_done -- 1.8.1.msysgit.1 -- 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