Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > In preparation for fixing a regression where we started emitting some > of these error messages twice, let's assert what the output from "git > commit" and friends is now in the case of permission errors. Usually we frown upon expecting an exact error message, but I guess that the nature of the bug this series tries to address justifies it. > - test_must_fail git write-tree > + > + cat >expect <<-\EOF && > + error: insufficient permission for adding an object to repository database .git/objects > + fatal: git-write-tree: error building trees > + EOF > + test_must_fail git write-tree 2>actual && > + test_cmp expect actual > ' OK. > test_expect_success POSIXPERM,SANITY 'commit should notice unwritable repository' ' > test_when_finished "chmod 775 .git/objects .git/objects/??" && > chmod a-w .git/objects .git/objects/?? && > - test_must_fail git commit -m second > + > + cat >expect <<-\EOF && > + error: insufficient permission for adding an object to repository database .git/objects > + error: insufficient permission for adding an object to repository database .git/objects > + error: Error building trees > + EOF This is odd. Shouldn't the test expect one message from write-tree and be marked as expecting a failure until the bug gets fixed? > + test_must_fail git commit -m second 2>actual && > + test_cmp expect actual > '