# Re: \[RFC PATCH 1/4\] t7400-submodule-basic: modernize inspect() helper

- From: Junio C Hamano \<hidden\>
- Date: 2021-06-14 04:52:50 
- List: git
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2021/06/7891853
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2021/06/7891853/t.md

```text
Emily Shaffer [ref] writes:

> Since the inspect() helper in the submodule-basic test suite was
> written, 'git -C <dir>' was added. By using -C, we no longer need a
> reference to the base directory for the test. This simplifies callsites,
> and will make the addition of other arguments in later patches more
> readable.
>
> Signed-off-by: Emily Shaffer <redacted>
> ---
>  t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh | 37 +++++++++++++++----------------------
>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh b/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh
> index a924fdb7a6..f5dc051a6e 100755
> --- a/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh
> +++ b/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh
> @@ -107,25 +107,18 @@ test_expect_success 'setup - repository to add submodules to' '
>  # generates, which will expand symbolic links.
>  submodurl=$(pwd -P)
>  
> -listbranches() {
> -	git for-each-ref --format='%(refname)' 'refs/heads/*'
> -}
> -
>  inspect() {
>  	dir=$1 &&
> -	dotdot="${2:-..}" &&
>  
> -	(
> -		cd "$dir" &&
> -		listbranches >"$dotdot/heads" &&
> -		{ git symbolic-ref HEAD || :; } >"$dotdot/head" &&
> -		git rev-parse HEAD >"$dotdot/head-sha1" &&
> -		git update-index --refresh &&
> -		git diff-files --exit-code &&
> -		git clean -n -d -x >"$dotdot/untracked"
> -	)
> +	git -C "$dir" for-each-ref --format='%(refname)' 'refs/heads/*' >heads &&
> +	{ git -C "$dir" symbolic-ref HEAD || :; } >head &&
> +	git -C "$dir" rev-parse HEAD >head-sha1 &&
> +	git -C "$dir" update-index --refresh &&
> +	git -C "$dir" diff-files --exit-code &&
> +	git -C "$dir" clean -n -d -x >untracked
>  }

Quite straight-forward.

> -	inspect addtest/submod ../.. &&
> +	inspect addtest/submod &&

And specifically the losing ../.. is pleasing to the eye, especially
because the old "dotdot" thing was mechanically computable from "dir".

Nicely done.
```