Re: [PATCH 6/9] t4013: add tests for log.diffMerges config
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> writes:
> On Thu, Apr 08 2021, Sergey Organov wrote:
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>> +test_expect_success 'deny wrong log.diffMerges config' '
>> + git config log.diffMerges wrong-value &&
>> + test_expect_code 128 git log &&
>> + git config --unset log.diffMerges
>
> Don't use "git config", but "test_config" at the start, then you don't
> need the --unset at the end, it'll happen automatically. Ditto for the
> following tests.
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
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> Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> writes:
>
>>> +test_expect_success 'deny wrong log.diffMerges config' '
>>> + git config log.diffMerges wrong-value &&
>>> + test_expect_code 128 git log &&
>>> + git config --unset log.diffMerges
>>
>> Don't use "git config", but "test_config" at the start, then you don't
>> need the --unset at the end, it'll happen automatically. Ditto for the
>> following tests.
>
> More importantly, test_config arranges the unset to happen even if
> a step in the middle (e.g. test_expect_code in the above example)
> fails. In the posted version, the control would not reach the
> "git config --unset" and leaves the configuration behind.
>
> And that is the biggest reason why the above should use test_config.
Yeah, thanks for pointing, – will fix for the next re-roll.
-- Sergey Organov