t/t1304: use 'test -r' to test readability rather than looking at mode bits

diff --git a/t/t1303-wacky-config.sh b/t/t1303-wacky-config.sh
index 1983076c753ea12a4f69d2a98eda3c1621daed59..080117c6bcbb61078539f36011ecd62780bae305 100755 (executable)
--- a/t/t1303-wacky-config.sh
+++ b/t/t1303-wacky-config.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ setup() {
 
 check() {
        echo "$2" >expected
-       git config --get "$1" >actual
+       git config --get "$1" >actual 2>&1
        test_cmp actual expected
 }
 
@@ -40,4 +40,11 @@ test_expect_success 'make sure git config escapes section names properly' '
        check "$SECTION" bar
 '
 
+LONG_VALUE=$(printf "x%01021dx a" 7)
+test_expect_success 'do not crash on special long config line' '
+       setup &&
+       git config section.key "$LONG_VALUE" &&
+       check section.key "fatal: bad config file line 2 in .git/config"
+'
+
 test_done