From: Jeremiah Mahler <jmmahler@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 22:27:01 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6] format-patch --signature-file <file>
Message-ID: <20140521222701.GA24537@hudson.localdomain>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqfvk2ok10.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>

On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 03:15:55PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> 
> Yeah, placing it in its own setup may be the best.  There are quite
> a many set-ups outside the tests in this script from the olden days,
> so I am OK if left it as-is and have a separate clean-up patch after
> this topic settles.  I am also OK to add a new one "the new right way"
> so that a later clean-up patch does not have to change what is added
> in this step.

I like the idea of limiting the scope of this data so it couldn't
inadvertently impact later tests.

But placing the same data inside multiple test cases creates duplication.

Is there a way to define data once for a limited set of tests?

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Jeremiah Mahler
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