Re: [PATCH v13 02/13] t: use update-ref and show-ref to reading/writing refs

From: Han-Wen Nienhuys <redacted>

Reading and writing .git/refs/* assumes that refs are stored in the 'files'
ref backend.

Signed-off-by: Han-Wen Nienhuys <redacted>
---
 t/t0002-gitfile.sh             |  2 +-
 t/t1400-update-ref.sh          | 32 ++++++++++++++++----------------
 t/t1506-rev-parse-diagnosis.sh |  2 +-
 t/t6050-replace.sh             |  2 +-
 t/t9020-remote-svn.sh          |  4 ++--
 5 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/t/t0002-gitfile.sh b/t/t0002-gitfile.sh
index 0aa9908ea12..960ed150cb5 100755
--- a/t/t0002-gitfile.sh
+++ b/t/t0002-gitfile.sh

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ test_expect_success 'check commit-tree' '
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'check rev-list' '
-	echo $SHA >"$REAL/HEAD" &&
+	git update-ref "HEAD" "$SHA" &&
 	test "$SHA" = "$(git rev-list HEAD)"
 '
 

diff --git a/t/t1400-update-ref.sh b/t/t1400-update-ref.sh
index e1197ac8189..27171f82612 100755
--- a/t/t1400-update-ref.sh
+++ b/t/t1400-update-ref.sh

@@ -37,15 +37,15 @@ test_expect_success setup '
 
 test_expect_success "create $m" '
 	git update-ref $m $A &&
-	test $A = $(cat .git/$m)
+	test $A = $(git show-ref -s --verify $m)

diff --git a/t/t1506-rev-parse-diagnosis.sh b/t/t1506-rev-parse-diagnosis.sh
index 52edcbdcc32..dbf690b9c1b 100755
--- a/t/t1506-rev-parse-diagnosis.sh
+++ b/t/t1506-rev-parse-diagnosis.sh

@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ test_expect_success 'arg before dashdash must be a revision (ambiguous)' '
 	{
 		# we do not want to use rev-parse here, because
 		# we are testing it
-		cat .git/refs/heads/foobar &&
+		git show-ref -s refs/heads/foobar &&
 		printf "%s\n" --

 	} >expect &&
 	git rev-parse foobar -- >actual &&

diff --git a/t/t6050-replace.sh b/t/t6050-replace.sh
index e7e64e085dd..c80dc10b8f1 100755
--- a/t/t6050-replace.sh
+++ b/t/t6050-replace.sh

@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ test_expect_success 'tag replaced commit' '
 test_expect_success '"git fsck" works' '
      git fsck master >fsck_master.out &&
      test_i18ngrep "dangling commit $R" fsck_master.out &&
-     test_i18ngrep "dangling tag $(cat .git/refs/tags/mytag)" fsck_master.out &&
+     test_i18ngrep "dangling tag $(git show-ref -s refs/tags/mytag)" fsck_master.out &&

      test -z "$(git fsck)"
 '
 

diff --git a/t/t9020-remote-svn.sh b/t/t9020-remote-svn.sh
index 6fca08e5e35..9fcfa969a9b 100755
--- a/t/t9020-remote-svn.sh
+++ b/t/t9020-remote-svn.sh

@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ test_expect_success REMOTE_SVN 'simple fetch' '
 '
 
 test_debug '
-	cat .git/refs/svn/svnsim/master
-	cat .git/refs/remotes/svnsim/master
+	git show-ref -s refs/svn/svnsim/master
+	git show-ref -s refs/remotes/svnsim/master
 '