format-patch: respect --stat in cover letter's diffstat

diff --git a/t/t4030-diff-textconv.sh b/t/t4030-diff-textconv.sh
index 0ebb028cccde070d0133c282068810673e98c2b4..4cb9f0e523d2218566554cdccd9c2e3929f3d05b 100755 (executable)
--- a/t/t4030-diff-textconv.sh
+++ b/t/t4030-diff-textconv.sh
@@ -148,7 +148,8 @@ test_expect_success 'diffstat does not run textconv' '
 # restore working setup
 echo file diff=foo >.gitattributes
 
-cat >expect.typechange <<'EOF'
+symlink=$(git rev-parse --short $(printf frotz | git hash-object --stdin))
+cat >expect.typechange <<EOF
 --- a/file
 +++ /dev/null
 @@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
@@ -156,19 +157,17 @@ cat >expect.typechange <<'EOF'
 -1
 diff --git a/file b/file
 new file mode 120000
-index 0000000..67be421
+index 0000000..$symlink
 --- /dev/null
 +++ b/file
 @@ -0,0 +1 @@
 +frotz
 \ No newline at end of file
 EOF
-# make a symlink the hard way that works on symlink-challenged file systems
+
 test_expect_success 'textconv does not act on symlinks' '
-       printf frotz > file &&
-       git add file &&
-       git ls-files -s | sed -e s/100644/120000/ |
-               git update-index --index-info &&
+       rm -f file &&
+       test_ln_s_add frotz file &&
        git commit -m typechange &&
        git show >diff &&
        find_diff <diff >actual &&