# Re: \[PATCH 1/2\] bundle tests: use "\>file" not ": \>file"

- From: Junio C Hamano \<hidden\>
- Date: 2021-07-20 19:58:03 
- List: git
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2021/07/7896771
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2021/07/7896771/t.md

```text
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason  [ref] writes:

> Change redundant uses of ":" on the LHS of a ">" to the more commonly

While the changes are correct, I am not sure if the adjective
"redundant" would apply.  The word refers to uses of two or more
when one would suffice, but in this case, you use one explicit no-op
command ":" when you need zero.

> use ">file" pattern.

"use" -> "used".

> Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <redacted>
> ---
>  t/t5607-clone-bundle.sh | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/t/t5607-clone-bundle.sh b/t/t5607-clone-bundle.sh
> index f4c383cd5ce..c9323a08fe8 100755
> --- a/t/t5607-clone-bundle.sh
> +++ b/t/t5607-clone-bundle.sh
> @@ -54,14 +54,14 @@ test_expect_success 'bundle --stdin <rev-list options>' '
>  '
>  
>  test_expect_success 'empty bundle file is rejected' '
> -	: >empty-bundle &&
> +	>empty-bundle &&
>  	test_must_fail git fetch empty-bundle
>  '
>  
>  # This triggers a bug in older versions where the resulting line (with
>  # --pretty=oneline) was longer than a 1024-char buffer.
>  test_expect_success 'ridiculously long subject in boundary' '
> -	: >file4 &&
> +	>file4 &&
>  	test_tick &&
>  	git add file4 &&
>  	printf "%01200d\n" 0 | git commit -F - &&
> @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ test_expect_success 'ridiculously long subject in boundary' '
>  '
>  
>  test_expect_success 'prerequisites with an empty commit message' '
> -	: >file1 &&
> +	>file1 &&
>  	git add file1 &&
>  	test_tick &&
>  	git commit --allow-empty-message -m "" &&
```