t9109: don't swallow Git errors upstream of pipes

t9109: don't swallow Git errors upstream of pipes

'git ... | foo' will mask any errors or crashes in git, so split up such
pipes in this file.

One testcase uses several separate pipe sequences in a row which are
awkward to split up. Wrap the split-up pipe in a function so the
awkwardness is not repeated. Also change that testcase's surrounding
quotes from double to single to avoid premature string interpolation.

Signed-off-by: Matthew DeVore <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <redacted>