On Thu, Sep 16, 2021 at 03:57:30PM -0400, Taylor Blau wrote: > 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`". Ah. Reading the next patch makes me feel even more certain of this advice. Consider squashing this and the next patch with my suggestion to use a loop below? Thanks, Taylor