fetch-pack: eliminate spurious error messages

diff --git a/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh b/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh
index c73bec9551eb27dab25aad69c83ae7ce9f9b11a8..56a81cd7486716897cc4f08196d0815a62461ffd 100755 (executable)
--- a/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh
+++ b/t/t7400-submodule-basic.sh
@@ -258,6 +258,27 @@ test_expect_success 'init should register submodule url in .git/config' '
        test_cmp expect url
 '
 
+test_failure_with_unknown_submodule () {
+       test_must_fail git submodule $1 no-such-submodule 2>output.err &&
+       grep "^error: .*no-such-submodule" output.err
+}
+
+test_expect_success 'init should fail with unknown submodule' '
+       test_failure_with_unknown_submodule init
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'update should fail with unknown submodule' '
+       test_failure_with_unknown_submodule update
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'status should fail with unknown submodule' '
+       test_failure_with_unknown_submodule status
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'sync should fail with unknown submodule' '
+       test_failure_with_unknown_submodule sync
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'update should fail when path is used by a file' '
        echo hello >expect &&
 
@@ -418,10 +439,7 @@ test_expect_success 'moving to a commit without submodule does not leave empty d
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'submodule <invalid-path> warns' '
-
-       git submodule no-such-submodule 2> output.err &&
-       grep "^error: .*no-such-submodule" output.err
-
+       test_failure_with_unknown_submodule
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'add submodules without specifying an explicit path' '