The exit code of the upstream in a pipe is ignored thus we should avoid using it. By writing out the output of the git command to a file, we can test the exit codes of both the commands. Signed-off-by: Pranit Bauva <pranit.bauva@xxxxxxxxx> --- t/t9813-git-p4-preserve-users.sh | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/t/t9813-git-p4-preserve-users.sh b/t/t9813-git-p4-preserve-users.sh index 76004a5..bda222a 100755 --- a/t/t9813-git-p4-preserve-users.sh +++ b/t/t9813-git-p4-preserve-users.sh @@ -118,12 +118,12 @@ test_expect_success 'not preserving user with mixed authorship' ' make_change_by_user usernamefile3 Derek derek@xxxxxxxxxxx && P4EDITOR=cat P4USER=alice P4PASSWD=secret && export P4EDITOR P4USER P4PASSWD && - git p4 commit |\ - grep "git author derek@xxxxxxxxxxx does not match" && + git p4 commit >actual && + grep "git author derek@xxxxxxxxxxx does not match" actual && make_change_by_user usernamefile3 Charlie charlie@xxxxxxxxxxx && - git p4 commit |\ - grep "git author charlie@xxxxxxxxxxx does not match" && + git p4 commit >actual && + grep "git author charlie@xxxxxxxxxxx does not match" actual && make_change_by_user usernamefile3 alice alice@xxxxxxxxxxx && git p4 commit >actual && -- https://github.com/git/git/pull/314