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Re: What's cooking in git.git (Nov 2012, #02; Fri, 9)

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Nov 10, 2012, 19:56 UTC
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SZEDER Gábor <szeder@ira.uka.de> writes:
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>> I think it is better to keep the tests simple and maintainable.
>
> Maintainable?  There is nothing to maintain here....
> ...
> OTOH, this series has some serious drawbacks.
>
> It makes debugging more difficult....

Are these referring to the same aspect of the series? The concern you described about debuggability matches my impression IIRC back when I took a look at the series, which I would count as a large part of keeping tests maintainable.

But you may be referring to something different (sorry, not on my primary machine yet).

Previous: Felipe Contreras
Message 38 of 38 in “What's cooking in git.git (Nov 2012, #02; Fri, 9)”
  1. Jeff KingNov 9, 2012
  2. Ralf ThielowNov 9, 2012
  3. Ralf ThielowNov 9, 2012
  4. Jeff KingNov 9, 2012
  5. Junio C HamanoNov 9, 2012
  6. Jeff KingNov 10, 2012
  7. Junio C HamanoNov 10, 2012
  8. Kalle Olavi NiemitaloNov 9, 2012
  9. Paul FoxNov 10, 2012
  10. Kalle Olavi NiemitaloNov 10, 2012
  11. Andreas SchwabNov 10, 2012
  12. Paul FoxNov 10, 2012
  13. Kalle Olavi NiemitaloNov 11, 2012
  14. Andreas SchwabNov 11, 2012
  15. Jeff KingNov 11, 2012
  16. 0/5 ignore SIGINT while editor runsJeff King, Nov 11, 2012
  17. 1/5 launch_editor: refactor to use start/finish_commandJeff King, Nov 11, 2012
  18. 2/5 launch_editor: ignore SIGINT while the editor has controlPaul Fox, Nov 11, 2012
  19. Junio C HamanoNov 12, 2012
  20. Jeff KingNov 12, 2012
  21. 3/5 run-command: drop silent_exec_failure arg from wait_or_whineJeff King, Nov 11, 2012
  22. Felipe ContrerasNov 11, 2012
  23. 4/5 run-command: do not warn about child death by SIGINTJeff King, Nov 11, 2012
  24. 5/5 launch_editor: propagate SIGINT from editor to gitJeff King, Nov 11, 2012
  25. Johannes SixtNov 11, 2012
  26. Jeff KingNov 30, 2012
  27. 2/5 launch_editor: ignore SIGINT while the editor has controlJeff King, Nov 11, 2012
  28. Paul FoxNov 11, 2012
  29. Krzysztof MazurNov 11, 2012
  30. Paul FoxNov 11, 2012
  31. Krzysztof MazurNov 11, 2012
  32. Andreas SchwabNov 11, 2012
  33. Felipe ContrerasNov 9, 2012
  34. Jeff KingNov 10, 2012
  35. Felipe ContrerasNov 10, 2012
  36. SZEDER GáborNov 10, 2012
  37. Felipe ContrerasNov 10, 2012
  38. Junio C HamanoNov 10, 2012

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