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@@ -451,8 +451,10 @@ library for your script to use.
- test_must_fail <git-command>
Run a git command and ensure it fails in a controlled way. Use
- this instead of "! <git-command>" to fail when git commands
- segfault.
+ this instead of "! <git-command>". When git-command dies due to a
+ segfault, test_must_fail diagnoses it as an error; "! <git-command>"
+ treats it as just another expected failure, which would let such a
+ bug go unnoticed.
- test_might_fail <git-command>