On Fri, Dec 3, 2021 at 4:19 AM Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 02 2021, Eric Sunshine wrote: > > git worktree add --detach orig && > > sed s,orig/\.git$,moved/.git, .git/worktrees/orig/gitdir >expect && > > mv orig moved && > > - git worktree repair moved >out 2>err && > > + git worktree repair moved 2>err && > > test_cmp expect .git/worktrees/orig/gitdir && > > - test_i18ngrep "gitdir incorrect" out && > > - test_must_be_empty err > > + test_i18ngrep "gitdir incorrect" err > > ' > > This is just a "for bonus points", but maybe we could/should while we're > at it harden and make the tests more exhaustive by checking the full > output of both, e.g. > > cat >actual.out <<-\EOF && > Preparing worktree (checking out 'bar') > EOF > cat >actual.err <<-\EOF && > fatal: 'bar' is already checked out at '.../wherever' > EOF > <cmd> [...] > test_cmp expect.out actual.out && > test_cmp expect.err actual.err > > Doesn't need a re-roll etc., just if you're interested... :) To be clear, with the application of the current patch, both of those messages would need to be in the `actual.err` file, and `actual.out` would be empty; not one message in each file as in your snippet. That aside, there's still potentially output which is outside the control of git-worktree. In the case of this particular negative test, your suggestion should work, but for a positive test, it would be harder and uglier (though, of course, not impossible). For instance, for a successful `git worktree add`, the output is: Preparing worktree (new branch 'foobar') Updating files: 100% (3993/3993), done. HEAD is now at abe6bb3905 Gobbledygook The subsequent lines come from git-reset (which, by the way, is sending "HEAD is now at" to stdout, though they probably should be on stderr, but that's a separate issue). Anyhow, such a change to the tests should be a separate topic. The user-facing problem addressed by the current patch series need not be held up by a behind-the-scenes change to testing.