On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 09:01:19AM +0200, Michael Haggerty wrote: > +test_expect_success setup ' > + test_tick && > + git commit --allow-empty -m one && > + one=$(git rev-parse HEAD) && > + git for-each-ref >actual && > + echo "$one commit refs/heads/master" >expect && > + test_cmp expect actual && > + > + git pack-refs --all && > + git for-each-ref >actual && > + echo "$one commit refs/heads/master" >expect && > + test_cmp expect actual && > + > + cat .git/packed-refs && I think we'd usually drop debugging "cat"s like these in the name of keeping the process count down. Unless they really are intended to confirm that .git/packed-refs exists (although test_path_is_file is a less expensive way of checking that). That's a minor nit, though. -Peff