Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> +++ b/t/t3507-cherry-pick-conflict.sh >> @@ -53,9 +53,12 @@ test_expect_success 'advice from failed cherry-pick' " >> picked=\$(git rev-parse --short picked) && >> cat <<-EOF >expected && > > If you quote the here doc end marker then there is no substitution in > the here doc so writing > > cat <<-\EOF >expected && > >> error: could not apply \$picked... picked >> - hint: after resolving the conflicts, mark the corrected paths >> - hint: with 'git add <paths>' or 'git rm <paths>' >> - hint: and commit the result with 'git commit' >> + hint: Resolve all conflicts manually, mark them as resolved with >> + hint: \"git add/rm <conflicted_files>\", then run > > means you can replace \" with " here Hmph, actually the double-quote that opens the body of test_expect_success should be stared at with a very cautious eyes, as they often do not mean what the author of the patch thought they do. I can see that it already fooled your eyes into thinking that there is no substitution, but $picked needs to be substituted into its value. The backslash before it is *not* about guarding it from substitution inside here-doc; it is to pass literal "$" into the string, which is the last parameter to test_expect_success, that gets eval'ed. The original of this one, for example, would probably have been better if written like so: test_expect_success 'advice from failed cherry-pick' ' pristine_detach initial && SQ='\'' && picked=$(git rev-parse --short picked) && cat <<-EOF >expected && error: could not apply $picked... picked hint: after resolving the conflicts, mark the corrected paths hint: with ${SQ}git add <paths>${SQ} or ${SQ}git rm <paths>${SQ} hint: and commit the result with ${SQ}git commit${SQ} EOF test_must_fail git cherry-pick picked 2>actual && test_cmp expected actual ' And because there is no single quote in the updated text, it would become: test_expect_success 'advice from failed cherry-pick' ' pristine_detach initial && picked=$(git rev-parse --short picked) && cat <<-EOF >expected && error: could not apply $picked... picked hint: Resolve all conflicts manually, mark them as resolved with hint: "git add/rm <conflicted_files>", then run EOF test_must_fail git cherry-pick picked 2>actual && test_cmp expected actual ' which makes it far easier to see that $picked needs to be substituted, and the "git add/rm" are to be enclosed in dq pair.