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Re: [PATCH v3] branch: description for non-existent branch errors

From
Rubén Justo <rjusto@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 8, 2022, 08:54 UTC
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On 8/10/22 5:27, Eric Sunshine wrote:
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> On Fri, Oct 7, 2022 at 8:49 PM Rubén Justo <rjusto@gmail.com> wrote:
>> [...]
>> Make the error descriptions for those branch operations with unborn or
>> non-existent branches, more informative.
>> [...]
>> Signed-off-by: Rubén Justo <rjusto@gmail.com>
>> ---
>> diff --git a/t/t3202-show-branch.sh b/t/t3202-show-branch.sh
>> @@ -7,6 +7,28 @@ test_description='test show-branch'
>> +test_expect_success 'error descriptions on empty repository' '
>> +       current=$(git branch --show-current) &&
>> +       cat >expect <<-EOF &&
>> +       error: No commit on branch '\''$current'\'' yet.
>> +       EOF
> 
> It's a matter of taste, but leaving and re-entering the single-quoted
> context, along with escaping, can make for a difficult read. You could
> instead take advantage of the SQ variable already defined by the test
> scripts:
> 
>     echo "error: No commit on branch $SQ$current$SQ yet." >expect &&
> 
> Not worth a re-roll, of course.
> 
>> +test_expect_success 'fatal descriptions on empty repository' '
>> +       current=$(git branch --show-current) &&
>> +       cat >expect <<-EOF &&
>> +       fatal: No commit on branch '\''$current'\'' yet.
>> +       EOF
> 
> Ditto.
Thanks, I didn't know about $SQ.
	'\''$current'\'' vs $SQ$current$SQ vs ${SQ}$current${SQ}

I also find ugly that escaping, but I think is harder to read and error prone to use $SQ here.. :-/

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  1. branch: description for non-existent branch errorsRubén Justo, Sep 22, 2022
  2. branch: description for non-existent branch errorsRubén Justo, Sep 24, 2022
  3. Junio C HamanoSep 26, 2022
  4. Rubén JustoSep 26, 2022
  5. Junio C HamanoSep 27, 2022
  6. Junio C HamanoSep 28, 2022
  7. Junio C HamanoSep 28, 2022
  8. Rubén JustoSep 28, 2022
  9. Junio C HamanoSep 29, 2022
  10. branch: description for non-existent branch errorsRubén Justo, Sep 30, 2022
  11. Bagas SanjayaOct 1, 2022
  12. Rubén JustoOct 2, 2022
  13. branch: description for non-existent branch errorsRubén Justo, Oct 8, 2022
  14. Eric SunshineOct 8, 2022
  15. Rubén JustoOct 8, 2022
  16. Junio C HamanoOct 9, 2022

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