1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/t/test-lib-functions.sh b/t/test-lib-functions.sh
index c6479f24eb..5d2f20983b 100644
--- a/t/test-lib-functions.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib-functions.sh
@@ -1868,3 +1868,14 @@ test_is_magic_mtime () {
 	rm -f .git/test-mtime-actual
 	return $ret
 }
+
+# Given two filenames, parse both using 'git config --list --file'
+# and compare the sorted output of those commands. Useful when
+# wanting to ignore whitespace differences and sorting concerns.
+test_cmp_config_output () {
+	git config --list --file="$1" >config-expect &&
+	git config --list --file="$2" >config-actual &&
+	sort config-expect >sorted-expect &&
+	sort config-actual >sorted-actual &&
+	test_cmp sorted-expect sorted-actual
+}