Re: [PATCH 2/2] Add test for the new status message

[Kaartic Sivaraam <kaarticsivaraam91196@gmail.com>]

On Sun, 2017-06-18 at 21:32 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Kaartic Sivaraam <kaarticsivaraam91196@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > +test_expect_success 'No commits yet should be noted in status
> > output' '
> > +       git init initial &&
> > +       cd initial &&
> > +       git status >output &&
> > +       test_i18ngrep "No commits yet" output &&
> > +       test_commit initial &&
> > +       git status >output &&
> > +       test_i18ngrep ! "No commits yet" output &&
> > +       test_i18ngrep "nothing.*to commit" output
> > +'
> > +
> 
> Do not "cd" in a test, without being in a subshell.  When other
> people in the future want to add new tests to the end of this
> script, the new test will end up running in the new subdirectory,
> which is not something they should have to worry about.
> 
> 	git checkout --orphan empty-branch &&
> 	git status >output &&
> 	test_i18ngrep "No commits yet" output &&
> 	...
> 
> perhaps?
> 
> 
>  test_done
Fixed it. I wasn't aware of the guide lines for writing tests when I
used the patch from the thread blindly. I'll be careful to avoid that
in future.

Is there a way to test for the "Initial commit" message in the commit
template?

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Regards,
Kaartic Sivaraam <kaarticsivaraam91196@gmail.com>