On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 10:36 AM Shanthanu <shanthanu.s.rai9@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Commit c6f44e1da5 (t9813: avoid using pipes, 2017-01-04) recommends to > avoid using pipes, since the exit code of upstream in the pipe is > ignored. Hence, redirect the output to a file and parse that file. > > Commit de26f02db1 (t9001, t9116: avoid pipes, 2020-02-14) noted that > this also allows easy debugging in case the test fails, since the file > will be left on disk and can be manually inspected. > > Signed-off-by: Shanthanu <shanthanu.s.rai9@xxxxxxxxx> We usually ask for a legal name in a format similar to "<Firstname> <MaybeMiddleNameInitial> <Lastname>" where <MaybeMiddleNameInitial> can be omitted. The name should also match what is in the "From:" field of the emails you send. > --- > t/t9116-git-svn-log.sh | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------- > 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/t/t9116-git-svn-log.sh b/t/t9116-git-svn-log.sh > index 0a9f1ef366..56d68e4aed 100755 > --- a/t/t9116-git-svn-log.sh > +++ b/t/t9116-git-svn-log.sh > @@ -61,12 +61,16 @@ printf 'r1 \nr2 \nr4 \n' > expected-range-r1-r2-r4 > > test_expect_success 'test ascending revision range' " > git reset --hard origin/trunk && > - git svn log -r 1:4 | grep '^r[0-9]' | cut -d'|' -f1 | test_cmp expected-range-r1-r2-r4 - > + git svn log -r 1:4 >out && > + grep '^r[0-9]' out | cut -d'|' -f1 >actual && > + test_cmp expected-range-r1-r2-r4 actual > " It seems that the code that your patch changes is repeated a lot in this test script. I wonder if it would be better to write a shell function to avoid those repetitions.