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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com>
To: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha•warpmail.net>
Cc: git@vger•kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tests: rename work-tree tests to *work-tree*
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2016 09:57:33 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqzius7hma.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <56CAE460.8010405@drmicha.warpmail.net> (Michael J. Gruber's message of "Mon, 22 Feb 2016 11:35:12 +0100")

Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha•warpmail.net> writes:

>> That is rather unfortunate.  Most of them predate the "worktree"
>> subcommand, I think, and having to rename them merely because a
>> subcommand with a confusing name appeared sound somewhat backwards.
>
> The question is: What ist the way forward?

Probably many.  Take this as-is is one, rename newer ones that are
about worktree subcommand to "s/worktree/worktree-cmd/" would be
another.

> I was looking for a proper place for a "git worktree" test and got
> confused by the status quo. My suggestion is one way to help that
> confusion, but I'd be happy to learn other ways. "grep" is an answer, too.
>
> Maybe it's also time to admit that the numbering and naming scheme in t/
> don't scale and that we should rather support other means of navigating
> t/, such as standardizing a comment boiler plate in each test or such.

Yeah, test_description at the beginning of each test may have been a
well meaning attempt, but it is not helping us very much.

> In fact, giving up on the numbering scheme would allow to regroup tests
> more easily because there would be no room constraint any more (within a
> fixed finite set of numbers).

I tend to agree that may be an easier way forward in the longer
term.

Thanks.

      reply	other threads:[~2016-02-22 17:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-02-20 16:18 [PATCH] tests: rename work-tree tests to *work-tree* Michael J Gruber
2016-02-20 21:42 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-02-22 10:35   ` Michael J Gruber
2016-02-22 17:57     ` Junio C Hamano [this message]

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