From 237ce762ef9ee360ae242cb47af808fc617c1d0a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Beat Bolli <bb@drbeat.li>
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 20:46:06 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] t/t4*: avoid redundant uses of cat

Signed-off-by: Beat Bolli <dev+git@drbeat.li>
Acked-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
 t/t4020-diff-external.sh         | 2 +-
 t/t4205-log-pretty-formats.sh    | 2 +-
 t/t4301-merge-tree-write-tree.sh | 8 ++++----
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/t/t4020-diff-external.sh b/t/t4020-diff-external.sh
index c1ac09ecc7..fdd865f7c3 100755
--- a/t/t4020-diff-external.sh
+++ b/t/t4020-diff-external.sh
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ keep_only_cr () {
 test_expect_success 'external diff with autocrlf = true' '
 	test_config core.autocrlf true &&
 	GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF=./fake-diff.sh git diff &&
-	test $(wc -l < crlfed.txt) = $(cat crlfed.txt | keep_only_cr | wc -c)
+	test $(wc -l <crlfed.txt) = $(keep_only_cr <crlfed.txt | wc -c)
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'diff --cached' '
diff --git a/t/t4205-log-pretty-formats.sh b/t/t4205-log-pretty-formats.sh
index e3d655e6b8..1409eebcd8 100755
--- a/t/t4205-log-pretty-formats.sh
+++ b/t/t4205-log-pretty-formats.sh
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ test_expect_success 'NUL termination with --reflog --pretty=oneline' '
 	for r in $revs
 	do
 		git show -s --pretty=oneline "$r" >raw &&
-		cat raw | lf_to_nul || return 1
+		lf_to_nul <raw || return 1
 	done >expect &&
 	# the trailing NUL is already produced so we do not need to
 	# output another one
diff --git a/t/t4301-merge-tree-write-tree.sh b/t/t4301-merge-tree-write-tree.sh
index 29e9974cdf..eea19907b5 100755
--- a/t/t4301-merge-tree-write-tree.sh
+++ b/t/t4301-merge-tree-write-tree.sh
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ test_expect_success 'rename/add handling' '
 		# First, check that the bar that appears at stage 3 does not
 		# correspond to an individual blob anywhere in history
 		#
-		hash=$(cat out | tr "\0" "\n" | head -n 3 | grep 3.bar | cut -f 2 -d " ") &&
+		hash=$(tr "\0" "\n" <out | head -n 3 | grep 3.bar | cut -f 2 -d " ") &&
 		git rev-list --objects --all >all_blobs &&
 		! grep $hash all_blobs &&
 
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ test_expect_success SYMLINKS 'rename/add, where add is a mode conflict' '
 		# First, check that the bar that appears at stage 3 does not
 		# correspond to an individual blob anywhere in history
 		#
-		hash=$(cat out | tr "\0" "\n" | head -n 3 | grep 3.bar | cut -f 2 -d " ") &&
+		hash=$(tr "\0" "\n" <out | head -n 3 | grep 3.bar | cut -f 2 -d " ") &&
 		git rev-list --objects --all >all_blobs &&
 		! grep $hash all_blobs &&
 
@@ -630,8 +630,8 @@ test_expect_success 'mod6: chains of rename/rename(1to2) and add/add via collidi
 		# conflict entries do not appear as individual blobs anywhere
 		# in history.
 		#
-		hash1=$(cat out | tr "\0" "\n" | head | grep 2.four | cut -f 2 -d " ") &&
-		hash2=$(cat out | tr "\0" "\n" | head | grep 3.two | cut -f 2 -d " ") &&
+		hash1=$(tr "\0" "\n" <out | head | grep 2.four | cut -f 2 -d " ") &&
+		hash2=$(tr "\0" "\n" <out | head | grep 3.two | cut -f 2 -d " ") &&
 		git rev-list --objects --all >all_blobs &&
 		! grep $hash1 all_blobs &&
 		! grep $hash2 all_blobs &&
-- 
2.39.5