Hi Torsten, On Sun, 24 Jan 2016, Torsten Bögershausen wrote: > On 24.01.16 11:48, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > (I had the same reasoning about the CRLF in the working tree: > We don't need to look at core.autocrlf/attributes, so Ack from me) > > > +test_expect_success 'conflict markers match existing line endings' ' > > + append_cr <nolf-orig.txt >crlf-orig.txt && > > + append_cr <nolf-diff1.txt >crlf-diff1.txt && > > + append_cr <nolf-diff2.txt >crlf-diff2.txt && > > + test_must_fail git -c core.eol=crlf merge-file -p \ > > + crlf-diff1.txt crlf-orig.txt crlf-diff2.txt >crlf.txt && > > + test $(tr "\015" Q <crlf.txt | grep "\\.txtQ$" | wc -l) = 3 && > > + test_must_fail git -c core.eol=crlf merge-file -p \ > > + nolf-diff1.txt nolf-orig.txt nolf-diff2.txt >nolf.txt && > > + test $(tr "\015" Q <nolf.txt | grep "\\.txtQ$" | wc -l) = 0 > > +' > > + > > Minor remark: > > Ramsay suggested a test that doesn't use grep or wc and looks like this: > > test_expect_success 'conflict markers contain CRLF when core.eol=crlf' ' > test_must_fail git -c core.eol=crlf merge-file -p \ > nolf-diff1.txt nolf-orig.txt nolf-diff2.txt >output.txt && > tr "\015" Q <output.txt | sed -n "/^[<=>|].*Q$/p" >out.txt && > cat >expect.txt <<-\EOF && > <<<<<<< nolf-diff1.txtQ > ||||||| nolf-orig.txtQ > =======Q > >>>>>>> nolf-diff2.txtQ > EOF > test_cmp expect.txt out.txt > ' Probably he wrapped it at less than 192 columns per row, though ;-) Seriously again, this longer version might test more, but it definitely also tests more than what I actually want to test: I am simply interested to verify that the conflict markers end in CR/LF when appropriate. Read: I am uncertain that I want to spend the additional lines on testing more than actually necessary. Ciao, Dscho