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From: "Dmitry V. Levin" <ldv@altlinux•org>
To: git@vger•kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkout: add a test for creating a new branch with regexp as a starting point
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:44:28 +0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100730084428.GA9577@wo.int.altlinux.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201007300136.13501.trast@student.ethz.ch> <AANLkTi=Qf1OUmjkpL-6e8gT8MU9G=m37sxrdAoyj5=R0@mail.gmail.com>

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On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 11:07:20PM +0000, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 22:01, Dmitry V. Levin wrote:
[...]
> > +test_expect_success setup '
> > +       echo a > a &&
> > +       git add a &&
> > +       test_tick &&
> > +       git commit -m first &&
> > +       echo b > b &&
> > +       git add b &&
> > +       test_tick &&
> > +       git commit -m second
> > +'
> 
> This should use test_commit (see t/README), but...

The peculiarity of this bug makes it impossible, because test_commit()
also creates a tag which spoils test conditions.

> > +test_expect_success checkout '
> > +       git checkout -b new_branch :/first
> > +'
> > +
> > +test_done
> 
> ...it looks like this can just be added to the end of
> t2018-checkout-branch.sh instead of creating a new test. Creating a
> new file just for a single test for such a simple feature is a bit of
> an overkill.

Well, I see no t2018-checkout-branch.sh yet.  What file do you suggest
appending?

On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 01:36:13AM +0200, Thomas Rast wrote:
> It should also use test_expect_failure unless you expect to have a fix
> soon, otherwise it would stop the test suite from running through.

Of course I'd like to have this bug fixed, but OK, let it be
test_expect_failure() for now.


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ldv

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-07-30  8:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-07-29 22:01 [PATCH] checkout: add a test for creating a new branch with regexp as a starting point Dmitry V. Levin
2010-07-29 23:07 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-07-29 23:36   ` Thomas Rast
2010-08-02 21:04     ` Junio C Hamano
2010-07-30  8:44   ` Dmitry V. Levin [this message]
2010-07-30 11:54     ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-07-30 19:13       ` When to use test_commit (Re: [PATCH] checkout: add a test for creating a new branch with regexp as a starting point) Jonathan Nieder
2010-07-30 20:20         ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-07-31  0:18           ` [PATCH 1/2] test-lib.sh: introduce 4th argument to test_commit() specifying a tag name Dmitry V. Levin
2010-07-31  0:39             ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-07-31  1:56               ` [PATCH 1/2 v2] " Dmitry V. Levin
2010-07-31 10:23                 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-07-31  0:19           ` [PATCH 2/2] checkout: add a test for creating a new branch with regexp as a starting point Dmitry V. Levin
2010-07-31  0:44             ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-07-31  1:44               ` [PATCH 2/2 v2] " Dmitry V. Levin
2010-07-31 10:24                 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-08-05 21:24                   ` [PATCH 2/2 v3] " Dmitry V. Levin

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