Am 26.08.21 um 09:26 schrieb Han-Wen Nienhuys: > On Wed, Aug 25, 2021 at 11:37 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>> +test_expect_success 'branch --delete --force removes dangling branch' ' >>> + test_when_finished "rm -f .git/refs/heads/dangling" && >>> + echo $ZERO_OID >.git/refs/heads/dangling && >>> + git branch --delete --force dangling && >>> + test_path_is_missing .git/refs/heads/dangling >>> +' >> >> This goes against the spirit of the series merged at c9780bb2 (Merge >> branch 'hn/prep-tests-for-reftable', 2021-07-13). I assume the file backend won't go away anytime soon. So I guess the idea is that the test suite is supposed to be run with the new backend as default and exercise it? >> Can we creat the dangling ref and test the lack of "dangling" ref in >> the end in a less transparent way? > > agreed. Try the ref-store test-helper's update-ref command? It requires the new hash to refer to an existing object, so we can't use it in this test. René
