Subject: Re: [PATCH 16/18] t7003: check reflog existence only for REFFILES

From: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2021 09:02:22 +0200

On Mon, Apr 19 2021, Han-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget wrote:

> From: Han-Wen Nienhuys <[email-masked]>
>
> Signed-off-by: Han-Wen Nienhuys <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  t/t7003-filter-branch.sh | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/t/t7003-filter-branch.sh b/t/t7003-filter-branch.sh
> index cf30055c88dd..380bdf934317 100755
> --- a/t/t7003-filter-branch.sh
> +++ b/t/t7003-filter-branch.sh
> @@ -396,7 +396,9 @@ test_expect_success '--prune-empty is able to prune entire branch' '
>  	git branch prune-entire B &&
>  	git filter-branch -f --prune-empty --index-filter "git update-index --remove A.t B.t" prune-entire &&
>  	test_must_fail git rev-parse refs/heads/prune-entire &&
> -	test_must_fail git reflog exists refs/heads/prune-entire
> +	if test_have_prereq REFFILES ; then
> +		test_must_fail git reflog exists refs/heads/prune-entire
> +	fi

Same comment as on an earlier patch[1], i.e. aren't we leaking some
"does the reflog exist" abstraction all the way up from reftable in a
way that's broken here?

1. https://lore.kernel.org/git/[email-masked]/