Eric Sunshine <sunshine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > earlier in the thread (i.e. create a dummy repo and ask it for its > default branch)? Something like this (untested): > > ( > sane_unset GIT_TEST_... && > git init defbranch && > git -C defbranch symbolic-ref --short HEAD >expect && > git var GIT_DEFAULT_BRANCH >actual && > test_cmp expect actual > ) So, the idea is to "observe" what the init command actually does, and see if that matches the behaviour of the var command? Sounds like a good way to ensure correctness to me. Thanks.