On Sun, Oct 6, 2024, at 18:06, Usman Akinyemi via GitGitGadget wrote:

The root cause of the whitespace issue was quoting $count in the test
command, which led to the inclusion of whitespace in the comparison. By
removing the quotes around $count, the comparison works as expected without
the need for tr -d.

Signed-off-by: Usman Akinyemi

Usman Akinyemi (2):
  t3404: avoid losing exit status with focus on `git show` and `git
    cat-files`
  [Outreachy][Patch v1] t3404: employing test_line_count() to replace
    test

You don’t have to sign off on your cover letter.  Just the patches. :)

Of course do what you prefer.