test_cmp expected actual
'
+# Note that the patches in this test are deliberately out of order; we
+# want to make sure it works even if the cover-letter is not in the
+# first mail.
+test_expect_success 'refusing to send cover letter template' '
+ clean_fake_sendmail &&
+ rm -fr outdir &&
+ git format-patch --cover-letter -2 -o outdir &&
+ test_must_fail git send-email \
+ --from="Example <nobody@example.com>" \
+ --to=nobody@example.com \
+ --smtp-server="$(pwd)/fake.sendmail" \
+ outdir/0002-*.patch \
+ outdir/0000-*.patch \
+ outdir/0001-*.patch \
+ 2>errors >out &&
+ grep "SUBJECT HERE" errors &&
+ test -z "$(ls msgtxt*)"
+'
+
+test_expect_success '--force sends cover letter template anyway' '
+ clean_fake_sendmail &&
+ rm -fr outdir &&
+ git format-patch --cover-letter -2 -o outdir &&
+ git send-email \
+ --force \
+ --from="Example <nobody@example.com>" \
+ --to=nobody@example.com \
+ --smtp-server="$(pwd)/fake.sendmail" \
+ outdir/0002-*.patch \
+ outdir/0000-*.patch \
+ outdir/0001-*.patch \
+ 2>errors >out &&
+ ! grep "SUBJECT HERE" errors &&
+ test -n "$(ls msgtxt*)"
+'
+
test_done