Hey Eduardo,

On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 12:49 AM, Eduardo Habkost <ehabk...@redhat.com> wrote:
>> test_expect_success '--no-signoff overrides am.signoff' '
>>       rm -fr .git/rebase-apply &&
>>       git reset --hard first &&
>>       test_config am.signoff true &&
>>       git am --no-signoff <patch2 &&
>>       printf "%s\n" "$signoff" >expected &&
>>       git cat-file commit HEAD^ | grep "Signed-off-by:" >actual &&
>>       test_cmp expected actual &&
>>       git cat-file commit HEAD | grep "Signed-off-by:" >actual &&
>>       test_must_be_empty actual
>> '
>>
>> The test fails because the second "grep" command returns a
>> non-zero exit code. Any suggestions to avoid that problem in a
>> more idiomatic way?
>
> I just found out that "test_must_fail grep ..." is a common
> idiom, so what about:

Is there any particular reason to use "grep" instead of "test_cmp"? To
check for non-zero error code, you can always use "! test_cmp".

Regards,
Pranit Bauva

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