Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/9] t: submodules: add basic mixed gitdir path tests

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2025 16:02:47 -0700

Adrian Ratiu <[email-masked]> writes:

> +test_expect_success 'commit and push changes to submodules' '
> +	(
> +		cd cloned &&
> +
> +		git -C legacy switch --track -C master origin/master  &&

This test needs to future-proof itself, perhaps with something like
to force the initial branch name to a known value.

 t/t7425-submodule-mixed-gitdir-paths.sh | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/t/t7425-submodule-mixed-gitdir-paths.sh b/t/t7425-submodule-mixed-gitdir-paths.sh
index 8a2d2e917f..02bd48aeeb 100755
--- a/t/t7425-submodule-mixed-gitdir-paths.sh
+++ b/t/t7425-submodule-mixed-gitdir-paths.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,13 @@
 
 test_description='submodules handle mixed legacy and new (encoded) style gitdir paths'
 
+export GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_INITIAL_BRANCH_NAME
+GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_INITIAL_BRANCH_NAME=master
+
 . ./test-lib.sh
 . "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/lib-verify-submodule-gitdir-path.sh
 
+
 test_expect_success 'setup: allow file protocol' '
 	git config --global protocol.file.allow always
 '
-- 
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