t3701: verify that the diff.algorithm config setting is handled

Without this patch, there is actually no test in Git's test suite that
covers the diff.algorithm feature. Let's add one.

We do this by passing a bogus value and then expecting `git diff-files`
to produce the appropriate error message.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

diff --git a/t/t3701-add-interactive.sh b/t/t3701-add-interactive.sh
index 797610e96d00d6aa0aa5e4460b78cdb9a41b7a1b..f43634102ec59ee3687cd4e009db7941fd78c496 100755 (executable)
--- a/t/t3701-add-interactive.sh
+++ b/t/t3701-add-interactive.sh
@@ -524,6 +524,16 @@ test_expect_success 'detect bogus diffFilter output' '
        test_must_fail force_color git add -p <y
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'diff.algorithm is passed to `git diff-files`' '
+       git reset --hard &&
+
+       >file &&
+       git add file &&
+       echo changed >file &&
+       git -c diff.algorithm=bogus add -p 2>err &&
+       test_i18ngrep "error: option diff-algorithm accepts " err
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'patch-mode via -i prompts for files' '
        git reset --hard &&