On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 9:59 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > +test_expect_success '--rebase fast forward' ' > + git reset --hard before-rebase && > + git checkout -b ff && > + echo another modification >file && > + git commit -m third file && > + > + git checkout to-rebase && > + git pull --rebase . ff && > + test "$(git rev-parse HEAD)" = "$(git rev-parse ff)" && > + > + # The above only validates the result. Did we actually bypass rebase? Good catch for the test, but I think we can make the sed regexp simpler, as we can leave out the second "[0-9a-f]"? (git reflog |sed "s/^[0-9a-f]*/OBJID/" works here) The implication of that we'd also match if there is no object id at all at the beginning, which sounds fine. I shortly debated the idea to just cut off anything before the first space and then expect "HEAD@{0}: pull --rebase . ff: Fast-forward" only, but why cut off what we produce in the first place? git reflog --format="%s" -1 >actual && echo "pull --rebase . ff: Fast-forward" >expect && test_cmp expect actual maybe?