Re: [PATCH v6 03/22] cat-file tests: test for missing object with -t and -s

[Taylor Blau <me@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Sep 07, 2021 at 12:57:58PM +0200, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
> Test for what happens when the -t and -s flags are asked to operate on
> a missing object, this extends tests added in 3e370f9faf0 (t1006: add
> tests for git cat-file --allow-unknown-type, 2015-05-03). The -t and
> -s flags are the only ones that can be combined with
> --allow-unknown-type, so let's test with and without that flag.

I'm a little skeptical to have tests for all four pairs of `-t` or `-s`
and "with `--allow-unknown-type` and without `--allow-unknown-type`".

Testing both the presence and absence of `--allow-unknown-type` seems
useful to me, but I'm not sure what testing `-t` and `-s` separately
buys us.

(If you really feel the need test both, I'd encourage looping like:

    for arg in -t -s
    do
      test_must_fail git cat-file $arg $missing_oid >out 2>err &&
      test_must_be_empty out &&
      test_cmp expect.err err &&

      test_must_fail git cat-file $arg --allow-unknown-type $missing_oid >out 2>err &&
      test_must_be_empty out &&
      test_cmp expect.err err
    done &&

but I would be equally or perhaps even happier to just have one of the
two tests).

Thanks,
Taylor