t8001: check the exit status of the command being tested

Avoid running the command being tested as an upstream of a pipe;
doing so will lose its exit status.

While at it, modernise the style of the script.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/t/t8001-annotate.sh b/t/t8001-annotate.sh
index 45cb60ea4b..41962f04a7 100755
--- a/t/t8001-annotate.sh
+++ b/t/t8001-annotate.sh
@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@ test_description='git annotate'
 PROG='git annotate'
 . "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/annotate-tests.sh
 
-test_expect_success \
-    'Annotating an old revision works' \
-    '[ $(git annotate file master | awk "{print \$3}" | grep -c "^A$") -eq 2 ] && \
-     [ $(git annotate file master | awk "{print \$3}" | grep -c "^B$") -eq 2 ]'
-
+test_expect_success 'Annotating an old revision works' '
+	git annotate file master >result &&
+	awk "{ print \$3; }" <result >authors &&
+	test 2 = $(grep A <authors | wc -l) &&
+	test 2 = $(grep B <authors | wc -l)
+'
 
 test_done