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Re: [PATCH 8/9] Use git diff instead of diff in t7201

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Feb 6, 2008, 05:21 UTC
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Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@iabervon.org> writes:
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> On Tue, 5 Feb 2008, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> ...
>> My preference is NEVER using "git diff" when comparing expected
>> result and the actual output from git.  When "git diff" has
>> breakage, it would break unrelated tests and make debugging
>> needlessly harder.
>
> Certainly, although we seem to do a lousy job of ordering tests currently 
> such that the tests that fail are the ones for the thing that's broken;
Yeah, Porcelains have become we take for granted ;-).
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  1. 8/9 Use git diff instead of diff in t7201Daniel Barkalow, Feb 4, 2008
  2. Johannes SchindelinFeb 5, 2008
  3. Daniel BarkalowFeb 5, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoFeb 5, 2008
  5. Daniel BarkalowFeb 6, 2008
  6. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2008
  7. Daniel BarkalowFeb 6, 2008
  8. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2008

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