Re: [PATCH] archive: add test testing MIME for created archive through compression filter

On 11/10/21 22.53, Junio C Hamano wrote:

I think a lot more portable and robust way to test the feature is to
configure git config tar.tar.test.command (or come up with a name for
a suffix to be used in the test), point it at a script created in this
test script and run git archive with output filename that would trigger
the command.  Then, arrange the test to notice if the "test" script was
called with expected command line arguments and standard input.

That way, you do not need to rely on prereqs and you do not have to
resort to un-portable use of the "file" command.  After all, you are
*not* testing if "bzip2 -c" the user happens to have on their $PATH
produces output their "find" recognises as bzip2 compressed.

The intent of this test is to ensure `git archive -o 
something.tar.<format>` produces proper compressed tar archive that can 
be decompressed with the corresponding decompression tool (such as 
gunzip for gz files), and not just with `tar xvf`.

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