Re: git checkout creates strange '(null)'-branch

Erik Faye-Lund [off-list ref] writes:

+test_expect_failure 'committing to empty submodule does not create
(null) branch' '
+       test_create_repo empty-repo &&
+       git submodule add ./empty-repo empty-submodule &&
+       (
+               cd empty-submodule &&
+               echo "foo" > bar.txt &&
+               git add bar.txt &&
+               git commit -m. &&
+               ! (git show-ref | grep "(null)")

You don't need the parens, since ! operates on the whole pipeline.  (And
for grouping the shell language uses { } instead of ( ).)

Andreas.

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