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[02/10] cat-file tests: test messaging on bad objects/paths

Message ID patch-02.10-a473185eb97-20211106T214259Z-avarab@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded
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Series cat-file: better usage UX & error messages | expand

Commit Message

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason Nov. 6, 2021, 9:46 p.m. UTC 
Add tests for the output that's emitted when we disambiguate
<obj>:<path> in cat-file. This gives us a baseline for improving these
messages.

For e.g. "git blame" we'll emit:

    $ git blame HEAD:foo
    fatal: no such path 'HEAD:foo' in HEAD

But cat-file doesn't disambiguate these two cases, and just gives the
rather unhelpful:

    $ git cat-file --textconv HEAD:foo
    fatal: Not a valid object name HEAD:foo

Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
---
 t/t8007-cat-file-textconv.sh | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/t/t8007-cat-file-textconv.sh b/t/t8007-cat-file-textconv.sh
index eacd49ade63..45471cefe73 100755
--- a/t/t8007-cat-file-textconv.sh
+++ b/t/t8007-cat-file-textconv.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,32 @@  test_expect_success 'setup ' '
 	GIT_AUTHOR_NAME=Number2 git commit -a -m Second --date="2010-01-01 20:00:00"
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'usage' '
+	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+	fatal: Not a valid object name HEAD2
+	EOF
+	test_must_fail git cat-file --textconv HEAD2 2>actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual &&
+
+	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+	fatal: Not a valid object name HEAD2:two.bin
+	EOF
+	test_must_fail git cat-file --textconv HEAD2:two.bin 2>actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual &&
+
+	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+	fatal: git cat-file --textconv HEAD: <object> must be <sha1:path>
+	EOF
+	test_must_fail git cat-file --textconv HEAD 2>actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual &&
+
+	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+	fatal: Not a valid object name HEAD:two.bin
+	EOF
+	test_must_fail git cat-file --textconv HEAD:two.bin 2>actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 cat >expected <<EOF
 bin: test version 2
 EOF