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>
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brian m. carlson 2015-12-15 01:52:05 +00:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
parent 3a30aa1787
commit 06dfc9ebaa

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@ -1438,4 +1438,11 @@ test_expect_success 'format-patch --zero-commit' '
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