Re: [PATCH 11/29] grep: add a test helper function for less verbose -f \0 tests

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason  <avarab@gmail.com> writes:

> Add a helper function to make the tests which check for patterns with
> \0 in them more succinct. Right now this isn't a big win, but
> subsequent commits will add a lot more of these tests.
>
> The helper is based on the match() function in t3070-wildmatch.sh.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
> ---
>  t/t7008-grep-binary.sh | 58 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------
>  1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/t/t7008-grep-binary.sh b/t/t7008-grep-binary.sh
> index 9c9c378119..6c1952eafa 100755
> --- a/t/t7008-grep-binary.sh
> +++ b/t/t7008-grep-binary.sh
> @@ -4,6 +4,29 @@ test_description='git grep in binary files'
>  
>  . ./test-lib.sh
>  
> +nul_match() {

Micronit: "nul_match () {"

> +	status=$1
> +	flags=$2
> +	pattern=$3
> +	pattern_human=$(echo $pattern | sed 's/Q/<NUL>/g')

Double quote around "$pattern"?

> +
> +	if test $status = "1"

Double quote around "$status" and drop double quote around "1"
(which is clearly a literal string without any funnies) instead?

> +	then
> +		test_expect_success "git grep -f f $flags '$pattern_human' a" "
> +			printf '$pattern' | q_to_nul >f &&
> +			git grep -f f $flags a
> +		"
> +	elif test $status = "0"
> +	then
> +		test_expect_success "git grep -f f $flags '$pattern_human' a" "
> +			printf '$pattern' | q_to_nul >f &&
> +			test_must_fail git grep -f f $flags a
> +		"

It somehow was unintuitive that 0 expected failure and 1 expected
success, but it probably was just me.