From: Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>
Date: Thu, 14 May 2026 13:45:20 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: maint: sc_prohibit_test_empty: add avoidance comment
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maint: sc_prohibit_test_empty: add avoidance comment

* cfg.mk: Describe how to avoid the syntax check
in the case of possibly large / binary input.
---

diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index 8c10b3b03d..d5e8f9025d 100644
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -667,6 +667,7 @@ sc_prohibit_test_backticks:
 
 # Ensure that compare is used to check empty files
 # so that the unexpected contents are displayed
+# Use `returns_ 1 test -s ... || fail=1` to avoid this check.
 sc_prohibit_test_empty:
 	@prohibit='test -s.*&&' in_vc_files='^tests/'			\
 	halt='use `compare /dev/null ...`, not `test -s ...` in tests/'	\