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: Boxuan Li <liboxuan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Thanks to Eric Sunshine's review, I've removed spaces after '>' and changed 'actual' into 'output'. --- t/t4253-am-keep-cr-dos.sh | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/t/t4253-am-keep-cr-dos.sh b/t/t4253-am-keep-cr-dos.sh index 553fe3e88e..6e1b73ec3a 100755 --- a/t/t4253-am-keep-cr-dos.sh +++ b/t/t4253-am-keep-cr-dos.sh @@ -51,14 +51,16 @@ test_expect_success 'am with dos files without --keep-cr' ' test_expect_success 'am with dos files with --keep-cr' ' git checkout -b dosfiles-keep-cr initial && - git format-patch -k --stdout initial..master | git am --keep-cr -k -3 && + git format-patch -k --stdout initial..master >output && + git am --keep-cr -k -3 output && git diff --exit-code master ' test_expect_success 'am with dos files config am.keepcr' ' git config am.keepcr 1 && git checkout -b dosfiles-conf-keepcr initial && - git format-patch -k --stdout initial..master | git am -k -3 && + git format-patch -k --stdout initial..master >output && + git am -k -3 output && git diff --exit-code master ' -- 2.21.0.777.g83232e3864