Re: [QGIT RFC] Unit tests for QGit

From: Karl Hasselström <kha@treskal.com>
Date: Aug 28, 2008, 22:18 UTC
Message-ID: <20080828221822.GA21850@diana.vm.bytemark.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <e5bfff550808281154h67392297y3a08d4ed8aea408f@mail.gmail.com>

On 2008-08-28 20:54:44 +0200, Marco Costalba wrote:

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> On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 5:31 PM, Karl Hasselström <kha@treskal.com>
> wrote:
>
> > StGit has no per-repo data. It's all per-branch. "stg init"
> > operates on the current branch, not the whole repo.
>
> Ok. Thanks. In this case the check qgit does is broken, and I think
> not only that because I never had this point clear while developing
> the interface.
>
> > Hmm. For me, "stg branch" succeeds even if "stg init" has not yet
> > been run (which is arguably as it should be, since it doesn't
> > require that stg init has been run in the current branch). "stg
> > series" or something is probably better for this purpose.
>
> But if I run 'stg branch' in a git-only repo this gives an error.
> This conditions, at least until now, has always been working for me.

Ah. I guess it might have gotten fixed recently, then. [ ... makes some quick tests ... ] Yes, it gives an error in 0.13, but not in 0.14.

Not failing in this case is arguably correct for stg branch. But stg series can per definition not work before stg init, so I recommend you use that instead. Or don't use an stg command at all.

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