diff --git a/t/t1300-repo-config.sh b/t/t1300-repo-config.sh
index 5f249f681e9324d7d35e3aee4dc9a834beff6c75..36e227b3bb25cb17dabc5e205e63056e7fd0b370 100755 (executable)
--- a/t/t1300-repo-config.sh
+++ b/t/t1300-repo-config.sh
test_cmp expect actual
'
+# malformed configuration files
+test_expect_success 'barf on syntax error' '
+ cat >.git/config <<-\EOF &&
+ # broken section line
+ [section]
+ key garbage
+ EOF
+ test_must_fail git config --get section.key >actual 2>error &&
+ grep " line 3 " error
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'barf on incomplete section header' '
+ cat >.git/config <<-\EOF &&
+ # broken section line
+ [section
+ key = value
+ EOF
+ test_must_fail git config --get section.key >actual 2>error &&
+ grep " line 2 " error
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'barf on incomplete string' '
+ cat >.git/config <<-\EOF &&
+ # broken section line
+ [section]
+ key = "value string
+ EOF
+ test_must_fail git config --get section.key >actual 2>error &&
+ grep " line 3 " error
+'
+
test_done