On Wed, 2016-10-19 at 15:41 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Dennis Kaarsemaker <dennis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > + touch expect && > > + printf "\0" > expect && > > > What's the point of that "touch", especially if you are going to > overwrite it immediately after? Leftover debugging crud. I tried various ways of generating an actual/expect to compare. > > + git rev-list --header --max-count=1 HEAD | tail -n1 >actual && > > > As "tail" is a tool for text files, it is likely unportable to use > "tail -n1" to grab the "last incomplete line that happens to contain > a single NUL". > > > + test_cmp_bin expect actual > > +' Yeah, I was fearing that. I didn't find anything in the testsuite that helps answering the question "does this file end with a NUL" and would appreciate a hint :) D.