# \[PATCH v5 2/3\] t6400: preserve git ls-files exit status code

- From: Đoàn Trần Công Danh \<hidden\>
- Date: 2021-07-04 05:46:28 
- List: git
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2021/07/7894109
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2021/06/7892269/t.md

```text
In t6400, we're checking number of files in the index and the working
tree by piping the output of "git ls-files" to "wc -l", thus losing the
exit status code of git.

Let's use the newly introduced test_stdout_line_count in order to check
the exit status code of Git's command.

Signed-off-by: Đoàn Trần Công Danh <redacted>
---
 t/t6400-merge-df.sh | 16 ++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/t/t6400-merge-df.sh b/t/t6400-merge-df.sh
index 38700d29b5..57a67cf362 100755
--- a/t/t6400-merge-df.sh
+++ b/t/t6400-merge-df.sh
@@ -82,13 +82,13 @@ test_expect_success 'modify/delete + directory/file conflict' '
 	git checkout delete^0 &&
 	test_must_fail git merge modify &&
 
-	test 5 -eq $(git ls-files -s | wc -l) &&
-	test 4 -eq $(git ls-files -u | wc -l) &&
+	test_stdout_line_count = 5 git ls-files -s &&
+	test_stdout_line_count = 4 git ls-files -u &&
 	if test "$GIT_TEST_MERGE_ALGORITHM" = ort
 	then
-		test 0 -eq $(git ls-files -o | wc -l)
+		test_stdout_line_count = 0 git ls-files -o
 	else
-		test 1 -eq $(git ls-files -o | wc -l)
+		test_stdout_line_count = 1 git ls-files -o
 	fi &&
 
 	test_path_is_file letters/file &&
@@ -103,13 +103,13 @@ test_expect_success 'modify/delete + directory/file conflict; other way' '
 
 	test_must_fail git merge delete &&
 
-	test 5 -eq $(git ls-files -s | wc -l) &&
-	test 4 -eq $(git ls-files -u | wc -l) &&
+	test_stdout_line_count = 5 git ls-files -s &&
+	test_stdout_line_count = 4 git ls-files -u &&
 	if test "$GIT_TEST_MERGE_ALGORITHM" = ort
 	then
-		test 0 -eq $(git ls-files -o | wc -l)
+		test_stdout_line_count = 0 git ls-files -o
 	else
-		test 1 -eq $(git ls-files -o | wc -l)
+		test_stdout_line_count = 1 git ls-files -o
 	fi &&
 
 	test_path_is_file letters/file &&
-- 
2.32.0.278.gd42b80f139

```
