Improve error messages when int/long cannot be parsed from config

diff --git a/t/t1300-repo-config.sh b/t/t1300-repo-config.sh
index e894629e7e16071ca681a5490df28784693ccdba..42eac2a7cb0c8404b09a669c9526606eb89ab80e 100755 (executable)
--- a/t/t1300-repo-config.sh
+++ b/t/t1300-repo-config.sh
@@ -448,6 +448,23 @@ test_expect_success numbers '
        test z1048576 = "z$m"
 '
 
+cat > expect <<EOF
+fatal: bad config value for 'aninvalid.unit' in .git/config
+EOF
+
+test_expect_success 'invalid unit' '
+
+       git config aninvalid.unit "1auto" &&
+       s=$(git config aninvalid.unit) &&
+       test "z1auto" = "z$s" &&
+       if git config --int --get aninvalid.unit 2>actual
+       then
+               echo config should have failed
+               false
+       fi &&
+       cmp actual expect
+'
+
 cat > expect << EOF
 true
 false