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Re: [PATCH] t5404: relax overzealous test

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Apr 6, 2018, 20:16 UTC
Message-ID
<20180406201626.GA16310@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
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On Fri, Apr 06, 2018 at 10:13:46PM +0200, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
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> On Fri, 6 Apr 2018, Jeff King wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Apr 06, 2018 at 09:31:22PM +0200, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> > 
> > > Suppose, however, that you are a big fan of whales. Or even better: your
> > > IT administrator has a whale of a time picking cute user names, e.g.
> > > referring to you (due to your like of India Pale Ales) as "one of the
> > > cuter rorquals" (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rorqual to learn a
> > > thing or two about rorquals) and hence your home directory becomes
> > > /home/cuterrorqual. If you now run t5404, it fails! Why? Because the
> > > test calls `git push origin :b3` which outputs:
> > > 
> > >     To /home/cuterrorqual/git/t/trash directory.t5404-tracking-branches/.
> > >      - [deleted]         b3
> > 
> > This is from the same Dscho who complains about the length of some of my
> > commit messages, right? ;P
> 
> Yes. I've quieted down, though, didn't I? Mainly because I see the merit
> in your long commit messages now. Never too late to learn.

Heh, well I'm glad I've won you over, then. And thank you for cleaning up my (ancient) mess here.

-Peff
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Message 4 of 7 in “t5404: relax overzealous test”
  1. t5404: relax overzealous testJohannes Schindelin, Apr 6, 2018
  2. Jeff KingApr 6, 2018
  3. Johannes SchindelinApr 6, 2018
  4. Jeff KingApr 6, 2018
  5. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonApr 6, 2018
  6. Junio C HamanoApr 9, 2018
  7. Johannes SchindelinApr 9, 2018

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