The test_must_fail function should only be used for git commands since we should assume that external commands work sanely. Since apply_patch wraps a sed and git invocation, rewrite it to accept an `!` argument which would cause only the git command to be prefixed with `test_must_fail`. Signed-off-by: Denton Liu <liu.denton@xxxxxxxxx> --- t/t4124-apply-ws-rule.sh | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/t/t4124-apply-ws-rule.sh b/t/t4124-apply-ws-rule.sh index ff51e9e789..971a5a7512 100755 --- a/t/t4124-apply-ws-rule.sh +++ b/t/t4124-apply-ws-rule.sh @@ -35,9 +35,15 @@ prepare_test_file () { } apply_patch () { + cmd_prefix= && + if test "x$1" = 'x!' + then + cmd_prefix=test_must_fail && + shift + fi && >target && sed -e "s|\([ab]\)/file|\1/target|" <patch | - git apply "$@" + $cmd_prefix git apply "$@" } test_fix () { @@ -99,7 +105,7 @@ test_expect_success 'whitespace=warn, default rule' ' test_expect_success 'whitespace=error-all, default rule' ' - test_must_fail apply_patch --whitespace=error-all && + apply_patch ! --whitespace=error-all && test_must_be_empty target ' -- 2.25.0.rc1.180.g49a268d3eb