SZEDER Gábor <szeder.dev@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > The test '--dry-run with conflicts fixed from a merge' in > 't7501-commit.sh', added in 8dc874b2ee (wt-status.c: set commitable > bit if there is a meaningful merge., 2016-02-15), runs the following > unnecessary and downright bogus command substitution: > > ! $(git merge --no-commit commit-1) && I vaguely recall discussing (or noticing myself and then forgetting to mention it? I dunno) this exact one on another thread of your test fixes and drawing the same conclusion as you have here. Will apply. Thanks for following it through. > > I.e. after 'git merge ...' is executed and expectedly fails, the test > attempts to execute its output: > > Merging: > 80f2ea2 commit 2 > virtual commit-1 > found 1 common ancestor: > e60d113 Initial commit > Auto-merging test-file > CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in test-file > Automatic merge failed; fix conflicts and then commit the result. > > as a command, which most likely fails, because there is no such > command as "Merging:". Then '!' negates the failed exit status, the > test continues, and eventually succeeds. > > Remove this command substitution and use 'test_must_fail' to ensure > that 'git merge' fails. > > Signed-off-by: SZEDER Gábor <szeder.dev@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > t/t7501-commit.sh | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/t/t7501-commit.sh b/t/t7501-commit.sh > index 51646d8019..d766bf34c4 100755 > --- a/t/t7501-commit.sh > +++ b/t/t7501-commit.sh > @@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ test_expect_success '--dry-run with conflicts fixed from a merge' ' > git checkout -b branch-2 HEAD^1 && > echo "commit-2-state" >test-file && > git commit -m "commit 2" -i test-file && > - ! $(git merge --no-commit commit-1) && > + test_must_fail git merge --no-commit commit-1 && > echo "commit-2-state" >test-file && > git add test-file && > git commit --dry-run &&