Re: [PATCH 1/2] pack-objects: Teach --use-bitmap-index codepath to respect --local, --honor-pack-keep and --incremental

Jeff King [off-list ref] writes:

quoted

+	if grep -qFf nonlocal-loose 1.objects; then
+		echo "Non-local object present in pack generated with --local"
+		return 1
+	fi
+'

grep -f isn't portable. However, I think:

  echo $objsha1 >expect &&
  git show-index <1.pack | cut -d' ' -f2 >actual
  test_cmp expect actual

would work (if you do stick with two entries, you might need to sort
your "expect").

Hmph, are you sure?  "grep -f pattern_file" is in POSIX.1.