Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] var: add GIT_DEFAULT_BRANCH variable

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2021 13:04:42 -0700

Eric Sunshine <[email-masked]> writes:

> earlier in the thread (i.e. create a dummy repo and ask it for its
> default branch)? Something like this (untested):
>
>     (
>         sane_unset GIT_TEST_... &&
>         git init defbranch &&
>         git -C defbranch symbolic-ref --short HEAD >expect &&
>         git var GIT_DEFAULT_BRANCH >actual &&
>         test_cmp expect actual
>     )

So, the idea is to "observe" what the init command actually does,
and see if that matches the behaviour of the var command?

Sounds like a good way to ensure correctness to me.

Thanks.