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Re: [PATCH 1/3] remote: add a test for extra arguments, according to docs

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Thomas Rast <trast@inf.ethz.ch>
Date
Apr 25, 2013, 07:23 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
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> Thomas Rast <trast@inf.ethz.ch> writes:
>
>> +test_extra_arg () {
>> +	expect="success"
>> +	if test "z$1" = "z-f"; then
>> +		expect=failure
>> +		shift
>> +	fi
>> +	test_expect_$expect "extra args: $*" "
>> +		test_must_fail git remote $* bogus_extra_arg 2>actual &&
>> +		grep '^usage:' actual
>> +	"
>> +}
>> +
>> +test_extra_arg -f add nick url
>> +test_extra_arg rename origin newname
>
> Perhaps just a taste in readability thing, but I would prefer to see
> them more like
>
> 	test_extra_arg_expect failure add nick url
> 	test_extra_arg_expect success rename origin newname
>
> than misunderstanding-inviting "-f" that often stands for "--force".

Hmm. I had that at first, but then the final cleanup would have had to touch all tests to remove the optional argument, making it noisy.

Anyway, it's probably all a bit over-engineered for only one effective code change ;-)

-- 
Thomas Rast
trast@{inf,student}.ethz.ch
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