t2203: avoid suppressing git status exit code

When git status is piped into grep, the exit status of the Git command is hidden by the pipeline. Capture the status output in a temporary file first, and then filter it as needed, so that any failure from git status is still noticed by the test suite. Signed-off-by: Jialong Wang <jerrywang183@yahoo.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Jialong Wang committed Mar 16, 2026 at 21:15 UTC 4c2390067030d67c1b79fd96eb656ae63b91643b
1 file changed +16 -8
t/t2203-add-intent.sh
+16 -8
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ test_expect_success 'intent to add' '
16 '
17
18 test_expect_success 'git status' '
19 - git status --porcelain | grep -v actual >actual &&
19 + git status --porcelain >actual.raw &&
20 + grep -v actual actual.raw >actual &&
21 cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
22 DA 1.t
23 A elif
@@ -26,7 +27,8 @@ test_expect_success 'git status' '
27 '
28
29 test_expect_success 'git status with porcelain v2' '
29 - git status --porcelain=v2 | grep -v "^?" >actual &&
30 + git status --porcelain=v2 >actual.raw &&
31 + grep -v "^?" actual.raw >actual &&
32 nam1=$(echo 1 | git hash-object --stdin) &&
33 nam2=$(git hash-object elif) &&
34 cat >expect <<-EOF &&
@@ -171,17 +173,20 @@ test_expect_success 'rename detection finds the right names' '
173 mv first third &&
174 git add -N third &&
175
174 - git status | grep -v "^?" >actual.1 &&
176 + git status >actual.raw.1 &&
177 + grep -v "^?" actual.raw.1 >actual.1 &&
178 test_grep "renamed: *first -> third" actual.1 &&
179
177 - git status --porcelain | grep -v "^?" >actual.2 &&
180 + git status --porcelain >actual.raw.2 &&
181 + grep -v "^?" actual.raw.2 >actual.2 &&
182 cat >expected.2 <<-\EOF &&
183 R first -> third
184 EOF
185 test_cmp expected.2 actual.2 &&
186
187 hash=$(git hash-object third) &&
184 - git status --porcelain=v2 | grep -v "^?" >actual.3 &&
188 + git status --porcelain=v2 >actual.raw.3 &&
189 + grep -v "^?" actual.raw.3 >actual.3 &&
190 cat >expected.3 <<-EOF &&
191 2 .R N... 100644 100644 100644 $hash $hash R100 third first
192 EOF
@@ -211,11 +216,13 @@ test_expect_success 'double rename detection in status' '
216 mv second third &&
217 git add -N third &&
218
214 - git status | grep -v "^?" >actual.1 &&
219 + git status >actual.raw.1 &&
220 + grep -v "^?" actual.raw.1 >actual.1 &&
221 test_grep "renamed: *first -> second" actual.1 &&
222 test_grep "renamed: *second -> third" actual.1 &&
223
218 - git status --porcelain | grep -v "^?" >actual.2 &&
224 + git status --porcelain >actual.raw.2 &&
225 + grep -v "^?" actual.raw.2 >actual.2 &&
226 cat >expected.2 <<-\EOF &&
227 R first -> second
228 R second -> third
@@ -223,7 +230,8 @@ test_expect_success 'double rename detection in status' '
230 test_cmp expected.2 actual.2 &&
231
232 hash=$(git hash-object third) &&
226 - git status --porcelain=v2 | grep -v "^?" >actual.3 &&
233 + git status --porcelain=v2 >actual.raw.3 &&
234 + grep -v "^?" actual.raw.3 >actual.3 &&
235 cat >expected.3 <<-EOF &&
236 2 R. N... 100644 100644 100644 $hash $hash R100 second first
237 2 .R N... 100644 100644 100644 $hash $hash R100 third second