Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/5] t3701: redefine what is "bogus" output of a diff filter

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2022 14:36:33 -0700

Phillip Wood <[email-masked]> writes:

> The existing test deletes the first line of the diff[1] - so it is
> removing the "diff --git ..." header not the hunk header. This patch
> changes the filter to delete everything except the diff header which
> seems like a less realistic test.

Is it that all it cares about is that the output has the same number
of lines as the input?  If so, I agree that it is much less realistic,
but it may not matter in practice.  Even an "exit 0" might do ;-)

I may be quite off the mark on this one, though.