On Fri, Aug 01, 2025 at 01:37:40PM +0200, Toon Claes wrote: > Patrick Steinhardt <ps@xxxxxx> writes: > > > +test_expect_success 'abbreviated object IDs' ' > > + test_when_finished "rm -rf repo" && > > + git init repo && > > + ( > > + cd repo && > > + test_must_fail git reflog write refs/heads/something 12345 $ZERO_OID old-object-id 2>err && > > Is the object id rejected because it's short, or because there simply > doesn't exist an object that starts with `12345`? You're not really > testing the former, which you claim in the test name. Good point, let me use an existing-but-abbreviated object instead. Patrick