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Re: [PATCH] checkout: add a test for creating a new branch with regexp as a starting point

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Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>
Date
Jul 29, 2010, 23:36 UTC
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Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
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> On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 22:01, Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@altlinux.org> wrote:
> > +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.

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.

-- 
Thomas Rast
trast@{inf,student}.ethz.ch
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  1. checkout: add a test for creating a new branch with regexp as a starting pointDmitry V. Levin, Jul 29, 2010
  2. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 29, 2010
  3. Thomas RastJul 29, 2010
  4. Dmitry V. LevinJul 30, 2010
  5. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 30, 2010
  6. When to use test_commit (Re: [PATCH] checkout: add a test for creating a new branch with regexp as a starting point)Jonathan Nieder, Jul 30, 2010
  7. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 30, 2010
  8. 1/2 test-lib.sh: introduce 4th argument to test_commit() specifying a tag nameDmitry V. Levin, Jul 31, 2010
  9. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 31, 2010
  10. 1/2 test-lib.sh: introduce 4th argument to test_commit() specifying a tag nameDmitry V. Levin, Jul 31, 2010
  11. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 31, 2010
  12. 2/2 checkout: add a test for creating a new branch with regexp as a starting pointDmitry V. Levin, Jul 31, 2010
  13. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 31, 2010
  14. 2/2 checkout: add a test for creating a new branch with regexp as a starting pointDmitry V. Levin, Jul 31, 2010
  15. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 31, 2010
  16. Dmitry V. LevinAug 5, 2010
  17. Junio C HamanoAug 2, 2010

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