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diff --git a/t/test-lib-functions.sh b/t/test-lib-functions.sh
index 3103be8a32..b791933ffd 100644
--- a/t/test-lib-functions.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib-functions.sh
@@ -798,6 +798,37 @@ list_contains () {
return 1
}
+# Returns success if the arguments indicate that a command should be
+# accepted by test_must_fail(). If the command is run with env, the env
+# and its corresponding variable settings will be stripped before we
+# test the command being run.
+test_must_fail_acceptable () {
+ if test "$1" = "env"
+ then
+ shift
+ while test $# -gt 0
+ do
+ case "$1" in
+ *?=*)
+ shift
+ ;;
+ *)
+ break
+ ;;
+ esac
+ done
+ fi
+
+ case "$1" in
+ git|__git*|test-tool|test-svn-fe|test_terminal)
+ return 0
+ ;;
+ *)
+ return 1
+ ;;
+ esac
+}
+
# This is not among top-level (test_expect_success | test_expect_failure)
# but is a prefix that can be used in the test script, like:
#
@@ -817,6 +848,17 @@ list_contains () {
# Multiple signals can be specified as a comma separated list.
# Currently recognized signal names are: sigpipe, success.
# (Don't use 'success', use 'test_might_fail' instead.)
+#
+# Do not use this to run anything but "git" and other specific testable
+# commands (see test_must_fail_acceptable()). We are not in the
+# business of vetting system supplied commands -- in other words, this
+# is wrong:
+#
+# test_must_fail grep pattern output
+#
+# Instead use '!':
+#
+# ! grep pattern output
test_must_fail () {
case "$1" in
@@ -828,6 +870,11 @@ test_must_fail () {
_test_ok=
;;
esac
+ if ! test_must_fail_acceptable "$@"
+ then
+ echo >&7 "test_must_fail: only 'git' is allowed: $*"
+ return 1
+ fi
"$@" 2>&7
exit_code=$?
if test $exit_code -eq 0 && ! list_contains "$_test_ok" success