Rémi Vanicat <vanicat@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ refuse_partial () { > } > > TMP_INDEX= > -THIS_INDEX="$GIT_DIR/index" > +THIS_INDEX="${GIT_INDEX_FILE:-$GIT_DIR/index}" > NEXT_INDEX="$GIT_DIR/next-index$$" > rm -f "$NEXT_INDEX" > save_index () { This is just a "purist" question, but I wonder if we want to differentiate the case where GIT_INDEX_FILE is set to empty and GIT_INDEX_FILE is not set at all? > diff --git a/t/t7500-commit.sh b/t/t7500-commit.sh > index abbf54b..3e5abef 100755 > --- a/t/t7500-commit.sh > +++ b/t/t7500-commit.sh > @@ -93,4 +93,17 @@ test_expect_success 'commit message from file should override template' ' > commit_msg_is "standard input msg" > ' > > +test_expect_success 'using GIT_INDEX_FILE' ' > + > + echo "some new content" >file && > + GIT_INDEX_FILE=.git/another_index git add file && > + GIT_INDEX_FILE=.git/another_index \ > + git commit -m "commit using another index" && Tests that git-commit does not choke on committing the addion a new 'file'. > + git reset HEAD && > + git diff HEAD -- file >current && > + touch empty-file && > + diff empty-file current Clobbers the index that the above GIT_INDEX_FILE trick should not have touched before making sure of that, which is bad, and then makes sure that the new file actually has the right contents. So, what I would suggest is: * Your "GIT_INDEX_FILE=... git-commit" test -- git-commit should not fail; + Test that the path you modified in the above commit (in this case, 'file') matches between index you used in the commit and the resulting commit; * Test that the path you modified in the above commit matches between the HEAD, the alternate index and the work tree (your latter test). + Test that the original index the above wanted to preserve was not clobbered by git-commit; + Test git-commit runs sensibly even when it is given a nonexistent file as GIT_INDEX_FILE. Perhaps like this, instead of your patch to t/t7500: test_expect_success 'using alternate GIT_INDEX_FILE (1)' ' cp .git/index saved-index && ( echo some new content >file && GIT_INDEX_FILE=.git/another_index && export GIT_INDEX_FILE && git add file && git commit -m "commit using another index" && git diff-index --exit-code HEAD && git diff-files --exit-code ) && cmp .git/index saved-index >/dev/null ' test_expect_success 'using alternate GIT_INDEX_FILE (2)' ' cp .git/index saved-index && ( rm -f .git/no-such-index && GIT_INDEX_FILE=.git/no-such-index && export GIT_INDEX_FILE && git commit -m "commit using nonexistent index" && test -z "$(git ls-files)" && test -z "$(git ls-tree HEAD)" ) && cmp .git/index saved-index >/dev/null ' - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html