Hi Junio, Sorry for the confusion. Looking it over, I see that the sed expression you proposed indeed makes the intent a lot clearer. Here's a replacement series for the last five commits of the branch. I would've opted to send out a single replacement patch but this change causes some minor textual conflicts in 4/5 so this should make your life a little easier ;) Denton Liu (5): t7700: consolidate code into test_no_missing_in_packs() t7700: consolidate code into test_has_duplicate_object() t7700: replace egrep with grep t7700: make references to SHA-1 generic t7700: stop losing return codes of git commands t/t7700-repack.sh | 165 ++++++++++++++++------------------------------ 1 file changed, 57 insertions(+), 108 deletions(-) Range-diff against v5: 1: a99a45cb6f ! 1: 3008ce8deb t7700: consolidate code into test_no_missing_in_packs() @@ Commit message Refactor the resulting extraction so that if any git commands fail, their return codes are not silently lost. - We were using sed to filter lines. Although not incorrect, this is - exactly what grep is built for. Replace this invocation of sed with grep - so that we use the correct tool for the job. - Instead of verifying each file of `alt_objects/pack/*.idx` individually in a for-loop, batch them together into one verification step. The original testing construct was O(n^2): it used a grep in a loop to test whether any objects were missing in the packfile. Rewrite this to - sort the files then use `comm -23` so that finding missing lines from - the original file is done more efficiently. + extract the hash using sed or cut, sort the files, then use `comm -23` + so that finding missing lines from the original file is done more + efficiently. While we're at it, add a space to `commit_and_pack ()` for style. @@ t/t7700-repack.sh: test_description='git repack works correctly' + myidx=$(ls -1 .git/objects/pack/*.idx) && + test_path_is_file "$myidx" && + git verify-pack -v alt_objects/pack/*.idx >orig.raw && -+ grep "^[0-9a-f]\{40\}" orig.raw | cut -d" " -f1 | sort >orig && ++ sed -n -e "s/^\([0-9a-f]\{40\}\).*/\1/p" orig.raw | sort >orig && + git verify-pack -v $myidx >dest.raw && + cut -d" " -f1 dest.raw | sort >dest && + comm -23 orig dest >missing && 2: f79240e937 = 2: f3a0470edc t7700: consolidate code into test_has_duplicate_object() 3: 632a62f6e9 = 3: c34477a5a9 t7700: replace egrep with grep 4: bf70cc5a0d ! 4: 113f375192 t7700: make references to SHA-1 generic @@ t/t7700-repack.sh: test_description='git repack works correctly' myidx=$(ls -1 .git/objects/pack/*.idx) && test_path_is_file "$myidx" && git verify-pack -v alt_objects/pack/*.idx >orig.raw && -- grep "^[0-9a-f]\{40\}" orig.raw | cut -d" " -f1 | sort >orig && -+ grep "^$OID_REGEX" orig.raw | cut -d" " -f1 | sort >orig && +- sed -n -e "s/^\([0-9a-f]\{40\}\).*/\1/p" orig.raw | sort >orig && ++ sed -n -e "s/^\($OID_REGEX\).*/\1/p" orig.raw | sort >orig && git verify-pack -v $myidx >dest.raw && cut -d" " -f1 dest.raw | sort >dest && comm -23 orig dest >missing && 5: 1f6d9a80ad = 5: ab653bd76f t7700: stop losing return codes of git commands -- 2.24.0.578.g4820254054