The test_must_fail function should only be used for git commands since we assume that external commands work sanely. Since test_cmp() just wraps an external command, replace `test_must_fail test_cmp` with `! test_cmp`. Signed-off-by: Denton Liu <liu.denton@xxxxxxxxx> --- t/t7508-status.sh | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/t/t7508-status.sh b/t/t7508-status.sh index 482ce3510e..8e969f3e36 100755 --- a/t/t7508-status.sh +++ b/t/t7508-status.sh @@ -1471,7 +1471,7 @@ test_expect_success '"status.branch=true" same as "-b"' ' test_expect_success '"status.branch=true" different from "--no-branch"' ' git status -s --no-branch >expected_nobranch && git -c status.branch=true status -s >actual && - test_must_fail test_cmp expected_nobranch actual + ! test_cmp expected_nobranch actual ' test_expect_success '"status.branch=true" weaker than "--no-branch"' ' -- 2.26.0.159.g23e2136ad0