On Tue, Apr 04 2023, Andrei Rybak wrote: > Three tests in t1300-config.sh check that "git config --get" barfs when > syntax errors are present in the config file. The tests redirect > standard output and standard error of "git config --get" to files, > "actual" and "error" correspondingly. They assert presence of an error > message in file "error". However, these tests don't use file "actual" > for assertions. > > Don't redirect standard output of "git config --get" to file "actual" in > t1300-config.sh to avoid creating unnecessary files. > > Signed-off-by: Andrei Rybak <rybak.a.v@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > t/t1300-config.sh | 6 +++--- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/t/t1300-config.sh b/t/t1300-config.sh > index d566729d74..8ac4531c1b 100755 > --- a/t/t1300-config.sh > +++ b/t/t1300-config.sh > @@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ test_expect_success 'barf on syntax error' ' > [section] > key garbage > EOF > - test_must_fail git config --get section.key >actual 2>error && > + test_must_fail git config --get section.key 2>error && > test_i18ngrep " line 3 " error > ' > > @@ -1585,7 +1585,7 @@ test_expect_success 'barf on incomplete section header' ' > [section > key = value > EOF > - test_must_fail git config --get section.key >actual 2>error && > + test_must_fail git config --get section.key 2>error && > test_i18ngrep " line 2 " error > ' > > @@ -1595,7 +1595,7 @@ test_expect_success 'barf on incomplete string' ' > [section] > key = "value string > EOF > - test_must_fail git config --get section.key >actual 2>error && > + test_must_fail git config --get section.key 2>error && > test_i18ngrep " line 3 " error > ' Ditto my comment on 1/6, shouldn't we instead be doing e.g.: diff --git a/t/t1300-config.sh b/t/t1300-config.sh index 2575279ab84..df2070c2f09 100755 --- a/t/t1300-config.sh +++ b/t/t1300-config.sh @@ -1575,7 +1575,8 @@ test_expect_success 'barf on syntax error' ' [section] key garbage EOF - test_must_fail git config --get section.key >actual 2>error && + test_must_fail git config --get section.key >out 2>error && + test_must_be_empty out && test_i18ngrep " line 3 " error ' I.e. before this we had no coverage on the error being the only output, but seemingly by mistake. Let's just assert that, rather than dropping the redirection entirely, no?