1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/test/cli.t b/test/cli.t
index b44a256..fe18800 100644
--- a/test/cli.t
+++ b/test/cli.t
@@ -1374,12 +1374,12 @@ fallback: `Colitur_citation.Render.with_book` takes a closed variant, not an
 arbitrary string, so anything other than "full"/"abbr" could never mean
 anything downstream.
 
+STDOUT STAYS EMPTY. The check used to happen partway down the table, so this
+exited 2 having already written five rows -- a caller redirecting stdout to a
+file got a truncated but plausible-looking report beside a non-zero status.
+Validation now runs before anything is printed.
+
   $ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=xdg-sigla colitur config --show --sigla-book bogus
-  config file: xdg-sigla/colitur/config.ini (not found)
-  lang             la                       (default)
-  template         (none)                   (default)
-  format           (none)                   (default)
-  sigla_style      la                       (default)
   colitur: unknown --sigla-book "bogus" (want "full" or "abbr")
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