diff --git a/t/Makefile b/t/Makefile
index 225aaf78ed..3a5d81b7fe 100644
--- a/t/Makefile
+++ b/t/Makefile
@@ -108,15 +108,7 @@ check-chainlint:
 	} >'$(CHAINLINTTMP_SQ)'/expect && \
 	$(CHAINLINT) --emit-all '$(CHAINLINTTMP_SQ)'/tests | \
 		sed -e 's/^[1-9][0-9]* //;/^[ 	]*$$/d' >'$(CHAINLINTTMP_SQ)'/actual && \
-	if test -f ../GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS; then \
-		. ../GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS; \
-	fi && \
-	if test -x ../git$$X; then \
-		DIFFW="../git$$X --no-pager diff -w --no-index"; \
-	else \
-		DIFFW="diff -w -u"; \
-	fi && \
-	$$DIFFW '$(CHAINLINTTMP_SQ)'/expect '$(CHAINLINTTMP_SQ)'/actual
+	diff -u '$(CHAINLINTTMP_SQ)'/expect '$(CHAINLINTTMP_SQ)'/actual
 
 test-lint: test-lint-duplicates test-lint-executable test-lint-shell-syntax \
 	test-lint-filenames
diff --git a/t/chainlint/blank-line-before-esac.expect b/t/chainlint/blank-line-before-esac.expect
index 48ed4eb124..056e03003d 100644
--- a/t/chainlint/blank-line-before-esac.expect
+++ b/t/chainlint/blank-line-before-esac.expect
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-test_done ( ) {
+test_done () {
 	case "$test_failure" in
-	0 )
+	0)
 		test_at_end_hook_
 
 		exit 0 ;;
 
-	* )
+	*)
 		if test $test_external_has_tap -eq 0
 		then
 			say_color error "# failed $test_failure among $msg"
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ test_done ( ) {
 
 		exit 1 ;;
 
-		esac
+	esac
 }
diff --git a/t/chainlint/block.expect b/t/chainlint/block.expect
index a3bcea492a..1c87326364 100644
--- a/t/chainlint/block.expect
+++ b/t/chainlint/block.expect
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
 ) &&
 
 {
-	echo a ; ?!AMP?! echo b
+	echo a; ?!AMP?! echo b
 } &&
-{ echo a ; ?!AMP?! echo b ; } &&
+{ echo a; ?!AMP?! echo b; } &&
 
 {
 	echo "${var}9" &&
diff --git a/t/chainlint/chain-break-background.expect b/t/chainlint/chain-break-background.expect
index 28f9114f42..20d0bb5333 100644
--- a/t/chainlint/chain-break-background.expect
+++ b/t/chainlint/chain-break-background.expect
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 JGIT_DAEMON_PID= &&
 git init --bare empty.git &&
-> empty.git/git-daemon-export-ok &&
+>empty.git/git-daemon-export-ok &&
 mkfifo jgit_daemon_output &&
 {
-	jgit daemon --port="$JGIT_DAEMON_PORT" . > jgit_daemon_output &
+	jgit daemon --port="$JGIT_DAEMON_PORT" . >jgit_daemon_output &
 	JGIT_DAEMON_PID=$!
 } &&
 test_expect_code 2 git ls-remote --exit-code git://localhost:$JGIT_DAEMON_PORT/empty.git
diff --git a/t/chainlint/chain-break-return-exit.expect b/t/chainlint/chain-break-return-exit.expect
index 1732d221c3..4cd18e2edf 100644
--- a/t/chainlint/chain-break-return-exit.expect
+++ b/t/chainlint/chain-break-return-exit.expect
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 case "$(git ls-files)" in
-one ) echo pass one ;;
-* ) echo bad one ; return 1 ;;
+one) echo pass one ;;
+*) echo bad one; return 1 ;;
 esac &&
 (
 	case "$(git ls-files)" in
-	two ) echo pass two ;;
-	* ) echo bad two ; exit 1 ;;
-esac
+	two) echo pass two ;;
+	*) echo bad two; exit 1 ;;
+	esac
 ) &&
 case "$(git ls-files)" in
-dir/two"$LF"one ) echo pass both ;;
-* ) echo bad ; return 1 ;;
+dir/two"$LF"one) echo pass both ;;
+*) echo bad; return 1 ;;
 esac &&
 
 for i in 1 2 3 4 ; do
diff --git a/t/chainlint/chain-break-status.expect b/t/chainlint/chain-break-status.expect
index f4bada9463..e6b3b2193e 100644
--- a/t/chainlint/chain-break-status.expect
+++ b/t/chainlint/chain-break-status.expect
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-OUT=$(( ( large_git ; echo $? 1 >& 3 ) | : ) 3 >& 1) &&
+OUT=$( ((large_git; echo $? 1>&3) | :) 3>&1 ) &&
 test_match_signal 13 "$OUT" &&
 
-{ test-tool sigchain > actual ; ret=$? ; } &&
+{ test-tool sigchain >actual; ret=$?; } &&
 {
 	test_match_signal 15 "$ret" ||
 	test "$ret" = 3
diff --git a/t/chainlint/chained-subshell.expect b/t/chainlint/chained-subshell.expect
index af0369d328..83810ea7ec 100644
--- a/t/chainlint/chained-subshell.expect
+++ b/t/chainlint/chained-subshell.expect
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ mkdir sub && (
 	nuff said
 ) &&
 
-cut "-d " -f actual | ( read s1 s2 s3 &&
+cut "-d " -f actual | (read s1 s2 s3 &&
 test -f $s1 ?!AMP?!
 test $(cat $s2) = tree2path1 &&
-test $(cat $s3) = tree3path1 )
+test $(cat $s3) = tree3path1)
diff --git a/t/chainlint/command-substitution-subsubshell.expect b/t/chainlint/command-substitution-subsubshell.expect
index ab2f79e845..ec42f2c30c 100644
--- a/t/chainlint/command-substitution-subsubshell.expect
+++ b/t/chainlint/command-substitution-subsubshell.expect
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-OUT=$(( ( large_git 1 >& 3 ) | : ) 3 >& 1) &&
+OUT=$( ((large_git 1>&3) | :) 3>&1 ) &&
 test_match_signal 13 "$OUT"
diff --git a/t/chainlint/dqstring-line-splice.expect b/t/chainlint/dqstring-line-splice.expect
index bf9ced60d4..f8fa3bc969 100644
--- a/t/chainlint/dqstring-line-splice.expect
+++ b/t/chainlint/dqstring-line-splice.expect
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-echo 'fatal: reword option of --fixup is mutually exclusive with' '--patch/--interactive/--all/--include/--only' > expect &&
-test_must_fail git commit --fixup=reword:HEAD~ $1 2 > actual &&
+echo 'fatal: reword option of --fixup is mutually exclusive with'	'--patch/--interactive/--all/--include/--only' >expect &&
+test_must_fail git commit --fixup=reword:HEAD~ $1 2>actual &&
 test_cmp expect actual
diff --git a/t/chainlint/dqstring-no-interpolate.expect b/t/chainlint/dqstring-no-interpolate.expect
index 10724987a5..2c1851a3c3 100644
--- a/t/chainlint/dqstring-no-interpolate.expect
+++ b/t/chainlint/dqstring-no-interpolate.expect
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ grep "^\.git$" output.txt &&
 (
 	cd client$version &&
 	GIT_TEST_PROTOCOL_VERSION=$version git fetch-pack --no-progress .. $(cat ../input)
-) > output &&
-	cut -d ' ' -f 2 < output | sort > actual &&
+) >output &&
+	cut -d ' ' -f 2 <output | sort >actual &&
 	test_cmp expect actual
diff --git a/t/chainlint/empty-here-doc.expect b/t/chainlint/empty-here-doc.expect
index e8733c97c6..8507721192 100644
--- a/t/chainlint/empty-here-doc.expect
+++ b/t/chainlint/empty-here-doc.expect
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-git ls-tree $tree path > current &&
-cat > expected <<\EOF &&
+git ls-tree $tree path >current &&
+cat >expected <<\EOF &&
 EOF
 test_output
diff --git a/t/chainlint/exclamation.expect b/t/chainlint/exclamation.expect
index 2d961a58c6..765a35bb4c 100644
--- a/t/chainlint/exclamation.expect
+++ b/t/chainlint/exclamation.expect
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-if ! condition ; then echo nope ; else yep ; fi &&
+if ! condition; then echo nope; else yep; fi &&
 test_prerequisite !MINGW &&
 mail uucp!address &&
 echo !whatever!
diff --git a/t/chainlint/for-loop-abbreviated.expect b/t/chainlint/for-loop-abbreviated.expect
index a21007a63f..02c0d15cca 100644
--- a/t/chainlint/for-loop-abbreviated.expect
+++ b/t/chainlint/for-loop-abbreviated.expect
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 for it
 do
-	path=$(expr "$it" : ( [^:]*) ) &&
+	path=$(expr "$it" : ([^:]*)) &&
 	git update-index --add "$path" || exit
 done
diff --git a/t/chainlint/function.expect b/t/chainlint/function.expect
index a14388e6b9..dd7c997a3c 100644
--- a/t/chainlint/function.expect
+++ b/t/chainlint/function.expect
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-sha1_file ( ) {
+sha1_file() {
 	echo "$*" | sed "s#..#.git/objects/&/#"
 } &&
 
-remove_object ( ) {
+remove_object() {
 	file=$(sha1_file "$*") &&
 	test -e "$file" ?!AMP?!
 	rm -f "$file"
diff --git a/t/chainlint/here-doc.expect b/t/chainlint/here-doc.expect
index 1df3f78282..91b961242a 100644
--- a/t/chainlint/here-doc.expect
+++ b/t/chainlint/here-doc.expect
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 boodle wobba \
-	gorgo snoot \
-	wafta snurb <<EOF &&
+       gorgo snoot \
+       wafta snurb <<EOF &&
 quoth the raven,
 nevermore...
 EOF
diff --git a/t/chainlint/loop-detect-status.expect b/t/chainlint/loop-detect-status.expect
index 24da9e86d5..7ce3a34806 100644
--- a/t/chainlint/loop-detect-status.expect
+++ b/t/chainlint/loop-detect-status.expect
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
-( while test $i -le $blobcount
-do
-	printf "Generating blob $i/$blobcount\r" >& 2 &&
+(while test $i -le $blobcount
+ do
+	printf "Generating blob $i/$blobcount\r" >&2 &&
 	printf "blob\nmark :$i\ndata $blobsize\n" &&
 	#test-tool genrandom $i $blobsize &&
 	printf "%-${blobsize}s" $i &&
 	echo "M 100644 :$i $i" >> commit &&
 	i=$(($i+1)) ||
 	echo $? > exit-status
-done &&
-echo "commit refs/heads/main" &&
-echo "author A U Thor <author@email.com> 123456789 +0000" &&
-echo "committer C O Mitter <committer@email.com> 123456789 +0000" &&
-echo "data 5" &&
-echo ">2gb" &&
-cat commit ) |
+ done &&
+ echo "commit refs/heads/main" &&
+ echo "author A U Thor <author@email.com> 123456789 +0000" &&
+ echo "committer C O Mitter <committer@email.com> 123456789 +0000" &&
+ echo "data 5" &&
+ echo ">2gb" &&
+ cat commit) |
 git fast-import --big-file-threshold=2 &&
 test ! -f exit-status
diff --git a/t/chainlint/nested-loop-detect-failure.expect b/t/chainlint/nested-loop-detect-failure.expect
index 4793a0e8e1..3461df40e5 100644
--- a/t/chainlint/nested-loop-detect-failure.expect
+++ b/t/chainlint/nested-loop-detect-failure.expect
@@ -1,31 +1,31 @@
-for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ;
+for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9;
 do
-	for j in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ;
+	for j in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9;
 	do
-		echo "$i$j" > "path$i$j" ?!LOOP?!
+		echo "$i$j" >"path$i$j" ?!LOOP?!
 	done ?!LOOP?!
 done &&
 
-for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ;
+for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9;
 do
-	for j in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ;
+	for j in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9;
 	do
-		echo "$i$j" > "path$i$j" || return 1
+		echo "$i$j" >"path$i$j" || return 1
 	done
 done &&
 
-for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ;
+for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9;
 do
-	for j in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ;
+	for j in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9;
 	do
-		echo "$i$j" > "path$i$j" ?!LOOP?!
+		echo "$i$j" >"path$i$j" ?!LOOP?!
 	done || return 1
 done &&
 
-for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ;
+for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9;
 do
-	for j in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ;
+	for j in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9;
 	do
-		echo "$i$j" > "path$i$j" || return 1
+		echo "$i$j" >"path$i$j" || return 1
 	done || return 1
 done
diff --git a/t/chainlint/subshell-here-doc.expect b/t/chainlint/subshell-here-doc.expect
index 52789278d1..75d6f607e2 100644
--- a/t/chainlint/subshell-here-doc.expect
+++ b/t/chainlint/subshell-here-doc.expect
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 (
 	echo wobba \
-		gorgo snoot \
-		wafta snurb <<-EOF &&
+	       gorgo snoot \
+	       wafta snurb <<-EOF &&
 	quoth the raven,
 	nevermore...
 	EOF
diff --git a/t/chainlint/token-pasting.expect b/t/chainlint/token-pasting.expect
index 342360bcd0..6a387917a7 100644
--- a/t/chainlint/token-pasting.expect
+++ b/t/chainlint/token-pasting.expect
@@ -4,22 +4,22 @@ git config filter.rot13.clean ./rot13.sh &&
 {
     echo "*.t filter=rot13" ?!AMP?!
     echo "*.i ident"
-} > .gitattributes &&
+} >.gitattributes &&
 
 {
     echo a b c d e f g h i j k l m ?!AMP?!
     echo n o p q r s t u v w x y z ?!AMP?!
     echo '$Id$'
-} > test &&
-cat test > test.t &&
-cat test > test.o &&
-cat test > test.i &&
+} >test &&
+cat test >test.t &&
+cat test >test.o &&
+cat test >test.i &&
 git add test test.t test.i &&
 rm -f test test.t test.i &&
 git checkout -- test test.t test.i &&
 
-echo "content-test2" > test2.o &&
-echo "content-test3 - filename with special characters" > "test3 'sq',$x=.o" ?!AMP?!
+echo "content-test2" >test2.o &&
+echo "content-test3 - filename with special characters" >"test3 'sq',$x=.o" ?!AMP?!
 
 downstream_url_for_sed=$(
 	printf "%sn" "$downstream_url" |
