[PATCH] t1410-reflog.sh: avoid suppressing git's exit code in pipelines
From: Gatla Vishweshwar Reddy <hidden>
Date: 2026-07-06 20:50:47
Subsystem:
the rest · Maintainer:
Linus Torvalds
Piping git commands directly to wc -l suppresses the exit code of git, hiding potential failures from the test suite. Capture the output to a temporary file first, then count the lines separately to preserve the exit code. Signed-off-by: Gatla Vishweshwar Reddy <redacted> --- t/t1410-reflog.sh | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/t/t1410-reflog.sh b/t/t1410-reflog.sh
index ce71f9a30a..397f94b039 100755
--- a/t/t1410-reflog.sh
+++ b/t/t1410-reflog.sh@@ -244,8 +244,10 @@ test_expect_success 'delete' ' test_tick && git commit -m tiger C && - HEAD_entry_count=$(git reflog | wc -l) && - main_entry_count=$(git reflog show main | wc -l) && + git reflog >reflog_output && + HEAD_entry_count=$(wc -l <reflog_output) && + git reflog show main >reflog_main_output && + main_entry_count=$(wc -l <reflog_main_output) && test $HEAD_entry_count = 5 && test $main_entry_count = 5 &&
@@ -254,16 +256,23 @@ test_expect_success 'delete' ' git reflog delete main@{1} && git reflog show main > output && test_line_count = $(($main_entry_count - 1)) output && - test $HEAD_entry_count = $(git reflog | wc -l) && + git reflog >reflog_output && + test $HEAD_entry_count = $(wc -l <reflog_output) && ! grep ox < output && main_entry_count=$(wc -l < output) && git reflog delete HEAD@{1} && - test $(($HEAD_entry_count -1)) = $(git reflog | wc -l) && - test $main_entry_count = $(git reflog show main | wc -l) && + git reflog >reflog_output && + test $(($HEAD_entry_count -1)) = $(wc -l <reflog_output) && + git reflog show main >reflog_main_output && + test $main_entry_count = $(wc -l <reflog_main_output) && + + + git reflog >reflog_output && + HEAD_entry_count=$(wc -l <reflog_output) && + - HEAD_entry_count=$(git reflog | wc -l) && git reflog delete main@{07.04.2005.15:15:00.-0700} && git reflog show main > output &&
@@ -321,11 +330,15 @@ test_expect_success 'git reflog expire unknown reference' ' ' test_expect_success 'checkout should not delete log for packed ref' ' - test $(git reflog main | wc -l) = 4 && + git reflog main >reflog_output && + test $(wc -l <reflog_output) = 4 && git branch foo && git pack-refs --all && git checkout foo && - test $(git reflog main | wc -l) = 4 + git reflog main >reflog_output && + test $(wc -l <reflog_output) = 4 + + ' test_expect_success 'stale dirs do not cause d/f conflicts (reflogs on)' '
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