Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/15] rev-list tests: don't hide abort() in "test_expect_failure"

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2022 15:16:51 -0800

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason  <[email-masked]> writes:

> Change a couple of uses of "test_expect_failure" to use a
> "test_expect_success" to positively assert the current behavior, and
> replace the intent of "test_expect_failure" with a "TODO" comment int
> the description.
>
> As noted in [1] the "test_expect_failure" feature is overly eager to

And noted in [2], it is not a good idea to abuse "test_expect_success"
for this purpose, either, though.

[2] https://lore.kernel.org/git/[email-masked]/