Before, if the invocation of git failed, it would be masked by the pipe since only the return code of the last element of a pipe is used. Rewrite the test to put the git command on its own line so its return code is not masked. Signed-off-by: Denton Liu <liu.denton@xxxxxxxxx> --- t/t5520-pull.sh | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/t/t5520-pull.sh b/t/t5520-pull.sh index 8b7e7ae55d..8ddf89e550 100755 --- a/t/t5520-pull.sh +++ b/t/t5520-pull.sh @@ -668,7 +668,8 @@ test_expect_success 'pull --rebase fails on corrupt HEAD' ' ( cd corrupt && test_commit one && - obj=$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD | sed "s#^..#&/#") && + git rev-parse --verify HEAD >head && + obj=$(sed "s#^..#&/#" head) && rm -f .git/objects/$obj && test_must_fail git pull --rebase ) -- 2.24.0.346.gee0de6d492