Hi Eric, On Wed, 7 Feb 2024, Eric Sunshine wrote: > On Wed, Feb 7, 2024 at 11:48 AM Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget > <gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > When `git merge-tree` encounters a missing tree object, it should error > > out and not continue quietly as if nothing had happened. > > > > However, as of time of writing, `git merge-tree` _does_ continue, and > > then offers the empty tree as result. > > > > Let's fix this. > > > > Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> > > --- > > diff --git a/t/t4301-merge-tree-write-tree.sh b/t/t4301-merge-tree-write-tree.sh > > @@ -951,4 +951,14 @@ test_expect_success '--merge-base with tree OIDs' ' > > +test_expect_success 'error out on missing tree objects' ' > > + git init --bare missing-tree.git && > > + git rev-list side3 >list && > > + git rev-parse side3^: >list && > > Isn't the git-rev-parse invocation simply overwriting "list" rather > than appending to it? Did you mean: > > git rev-list side3 >list && > git rev-parse side3^: >>list && Yes. And the fact that this test case still passed was for the _wrong_ reason! I adjusted the test case by writing the correct contents to `list` and by verifying that the expected error message is shown. > > An alternative would be: > > { > git rev-list side3 && > git rev-parse side3^: > } >list && I find that uglier and longer, so I'll stay with the first option ;-) Thank you for your review! Johannes > > > + git pack-objects missing-tree.git/objects/pack/side3-tree-is-missing <list && > > + side3=$(git rev-parse side3) && > > + test_must_fail git --git-dir=missing-tree.git merge-tree $side3^ $side3 >actual && > > + test_must_be_empty actual > > +' >