format-patch: check that header line has expected format
The format of the "From " header line is very specific to allow
utilities to detect Git-style patches. Add a test that the patches
created are in the expected format.
Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
diff --git a/t/t4014-format-patch.sh b/t/t4014-format-patch.sh
index 2737ca6..646c475 100755
--- a/t/t4014-format-patch.sh
+++ b/t/t4014-format-patch.sh
@@ -1438,4 +1438,11 @@
test_cmp expect actual
'
+test_expect_success 'From line has expected format' '
+ git format-patch --stdout v2..v1 >patch2 &&
+ grep "^From " patch2 >from &&
+ grep "^From $_x40 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001$" patch2 >filtered &&
+ test_cmp from filtered
+'
+
test_done
