Use test_must_be_empty instead of reading the file and comparing its contents to an empty string. That's more efficient, as the function only needs built-in meta-data only check in the usual case, and provides nicer debug output otherwise. Signed-off-by: René Scharfe <l.s.r@xxxxxx> --- t/t1309-early-config.sh | 2 +- t/t1506-rev-parse-diagnosis.sh | 8 ++++---- t/t6019-rev-list-ancestry-path.sh | 4 ++-- 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/t/t1309-early-config.sh b/t/t1309-early-config.sh index 3a0de0ddaa..ebb8e1aecb 100755 --- a/t/t1309-early-config.sh +++ b/t/t1309-early-config.sh @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ test_expect_success 'ceiling' ' cd sub && test-tool config read_early_config early.config ) >output && - test -z "$(cat output)" + test_must_be_empty output ' test_expect_success 'ceiling #2' ' diff --git a/t/t1506-rev-parse-diagnosis.sh b/t/t1506-rev-parse-diagnosis.sh index 624d0a588f..6d951ca015 100755 --- a/t/t1506-rev-parse-diagnosis.sh +++ b/t/t1506-rev-parse-diagnosis.sh @@ -138,10 +138,10 @@ test_expect_success 'incorrect file in :path and :N:path' ' test_expect_success 'invalid @{n} reference' ' test_must_fail git rev-parse master@{99999} >output 2>error && - test -z "$(cat output)" && + test_must_be_empty output && grep "fatal: Log for [^ ]* only has [0-9][0-9]* entries." error && test_must_fail git rev-parse --verify master@{99999} >output 2>error && - test -z "$(cat output)" && + test_must_be_empty output && grep "fatal: Log for [^ ]* only has [0-9][0-9]* entries." error ' @@ -155,13 +155,13 @@ test_expect_success 'relative path not found' ' test_expect_success 'relative path outside worktree' ' test_must_fail git rev-parse HEAD:../file.txt >output 2>error && - test -z "$(cat output)" && + test_must_be_empty output && test_i18ngrep "outside repository" error ' test_expect_success 'relative path when cwd is outside worktree' ' test_must_fail git --git-dir=.git --work-tree=subdir rev-parse HEAD:./file.txt >output 2>error && - test -z "$(cat output)" && + test_must_be_empty output && grep "relative path syntax can.t be used outside working tree." error ' diff --git a/t/t6019-rev-list-ancestry-path.sh b/t/t6019-rev-list-ancestry-path.sh index beadaf6cca..353f84313f 100755 --- a/t/t6019-rev-list-ancestry-path.sh +++ b/t/t6019-rev-list-ancestry-path.sh @@ -143,14 +143,14 @@ test_expect_success 'setup criss-cross' ' test_expect_success 'criss-cross: rev-list --ancestry-path cb..bc' ' (cd criss-cross && git rev-list --ancestry-path xcb..xbc > actual && - test -z "$(cat actual)") + test_must_be_empty actual) ' # no commits in repository descend from cb test_expect_success 'criss-cross: rev-list --ancestry-path --all ^cb' ' (cd criss-cross && git rev-list --ancestry-path --all ^xcb > actual && - test -z "$(cat actual)") + test_must_be_empty actual) ' test_done -- 2.24.0