Patrick Steinhardt <ps@xxxxxx> writes: > diff --git a/t/t1400-update-ref.sh b/t/t1400-update-ref.sh > index 5f505e2f353..b1d2c014132 100755 > --- a/t/t1400-update-ref.sh > +++ b/t/t1400-update-ref.sh > @@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ test_expect_success "deleting current branch adds message to HEAD's log" ' > git symbolic-ref HEAD $m && > git update-ref -m delete-$m -d $m && > test_must_fail git show-ref --verify -q $m && > - grep "delete-$m$" .git/logs/HEAD > + test-tool ref-store main for-each-reflog-ent HEAD >actual && > + grep "delete-$m$" actual > ' > > test_expect_success "deleting by HEAD adds message to HEAD's log" ' > @@ -99,7 +100,8 @@ test_expect_success "deleting by HEAD adds message to HEAD's log" ' > git symbolic-ref HEAD $m && > git update-ref -m delete-by-head -d HEAD && > test_must_fail git show-ref --verify -q $m && > - grep "delete-by-head$" .git/logs/HEAD > + test-tool ref-store main for-each-reflog-ent HEAD >actual && > + grep "delete-by-head$" actual > ' These are quite straight-forward. > test_expect_success "verifying $m's log (logged by config)" ' > - test_when_finished "git update-ref -d $m && rm -rf .git/logs actual expect" && > + test_when_finished "git update-ref -d $m && git reflog expire --expire=all --all && rm -rf actual expect" && > test-tool ref-store main for-each-reflog-ent $m >actual && > test_cmp actual expect > ' The approach forces us to assume that "git reflog expire" performs correctly in order to test reflog, but it probably is OK---we'll notice breakages in "reflog expire" in other tests, hopefully.