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From: "Kristoffer Haugsbakk" <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail•com>
To: "Koji Nakamaru" <gitgitgadget@gmail•com>, git@vger•kernel.org
Cc: "Son Luong Ngoc" <sluongng@gmail•com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] rebase: skip branch symref aliases
Date: Thu, 28 May 2026 09:08:20 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ec2be3bc-caea-4295-829c-db5fd9e121d7@app.fastmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0ab0a717441e9fc7c494da194065a948a35a7f01.1779946921.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

On Thu, May 28, 2026, at 07:42, Son Luong Ngoc via GitGitGadget wrote:
>[snip]
> -test_expect_failure '--update-refs skips branch symrefs to current branch' '
> +test_expect_success '--update-refs skips branch symrefs to current branch' '
>  	test_when_finished "
>  		test_might_fail git rebase --abort &&
>  		git checkout primary &&

This style of fixing a bug by:

• Add failing test `test_expect_failure` in the first commit
• Fix the bug in the next commit and flip to `test_expect_success`

Is legitimate and makes it easier to verify that the test really
exercises the regression. But in this project it is preferred to
just do the bug fix + regression test in one patch.

See https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqqfrdk3aqy.fsf@gitster.g/

> --
> gitgitgadget

  reply	other threads:[~2026-05-28  7:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-28  5:41 [PATCH 0/2] rebase: handle --update-refs branch symrefs Son Luong Ngoc via GitGitGadget
2026-05-28  5:42 ` [PATCH 1/2] t3404: add failing branch symref test Son Luong Ngoc via GitGitGadget
2026-06-01 13:52   ` Phillip Wood
2026-05-28  5:42 ` [PATCH 2/2] rebase: skip branch symref aliases Son Luong Ngoc via GitGitGadget
2026-05-28  7:08   ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk [this message]
2026-06-01 14:10   ` Phillip Wood
2026-05-28 20:42 ` [PATCH 0/2] rebase: handle --update-refs branch symrefs Junio C Hamano
2026-06-03 10:27 ` [PATCH v2] rebase: skip branch symref aliases Son Luong Ngoc via GitGitGadget
2026-06-04 15:37   ` Phillip Wood

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