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Re: [PATCH] Add test for filter-branch on a subdirectory that's been added and deleted and re-added

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Kevin Ballard <kevin@sb.org>
Date
Mar 8, 2008, 18:45 UTC
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On Mar 8, 2008, at 1:41 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Kevin Ballard <kevin@sb.org> writes:
>
>> Add a currently-failing test for the case when git-filter-branch
>> is run with the --subdirectory-filter referencing a folder that
>> has been added, deleted, and re-added. Such an action should work,
>> but as this test shows it ends up blowing up.
>
> Such a test is a very good incentive to the people involved in the  
> failing
> part of the system to fix, and is greatly appreciated.  However,
>
> * please mark "currently-failing" test with "test_expect_failure";

Ahh, didn't know about that. In retrospect I should have been able to guess, though.

> * please hint (after --- lines) if you will shortly be following up  
> with
>   a fix patch yourself, or if you are only reporting a bug.

Ah. Yeah, I'm only reporting a bug. I don't know anything about how this stuff works, and the bug doesn't bite me, it bit someone else instead, I just thought it deserved to be documented somewhere as a failure.

> I can fix-up and forge your Sign-off.
That would be great, thanks.
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>> diff --git a/t/t7003-filter-branch.sh b/t/t7003-filter-branch.sh
>> index 868babc..933157b 100755
>> --- a/t/t7003-filter-branch.sh
>> +++ b/t/t7003-filter-branch.sh
>> @@ -179,4 +179,17 @@ test_expect_success 'Name needing quotes' '
>>
>> '
>>
>> +test_expect_success 'Subdirectory filter on folder with non- 
>> contiguous history' '
>> +	mkdir foo &&
>> +	touch foo/bar &&
>> +	git add foo &&
>> +	git commit -m "Adding foo" &&
>> +	git rm -r foo &&
>> +	git commit -m "Removing foo" &&
>> +	mkdir foo &&
>> +	touch foo/bar &&
>> +	git commit -m "Re-adding foo" &&
>> +	git filter-branch --subdirectory-filter foo
>> +'
>> +
>> test_done
>> -- 
>> 1.5.4.3.487.g5a92
>>
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  1. Add test for filter-branch on a subdirectory that's been added and deleted and re-addedKevin Ballard, Mar 8, 2008
  2. Kevin BallardMar 8, 2008
  3. Junio C HamanoMar 8, 2008
  4. Kevin BallardMar 8, 2008
  5. Re* [PATCH] Add test for filter-branch on a subdirectory that's been added and deleted and re-addedJunio C Hamano, Mar 8, 2008
  6. Junio C HamanoMar 8, 2008
  7. Kevin BallardMar 8, 2008

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