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Re: [PATCH v2 7/7] t/README: Add a note about the dangers of coverage chasing

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Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
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Jul 25, 2010, 19:27 UTC
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On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 16:05, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
>
>> +   Don't blindly follow test coverage metrics
>
> Hmph, that is just common sense,

You'd be surprised at how uncommon it is when people have 98% coverage and try to painfully squeeze out that last 2% :)

> while “you should really not be paying any attention to your code
> while writing tests” is not.  I even prefer the text without this
> patch applied.  So forget I said anything; I can find a way to hint
> at that in t/README later. :)

I don't know whether it should be applied. I just wrote a short summary in response to the previous commentary.

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Message 14 of 17 in “Detailed test coverage reports for Git”
  1. 0/7 Detailed test coverage reports for GitÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 25, 2010
  2. 1/7 gitignore: Ignore files generated by "make coverage"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 25, 2010
  3. Jonathan NiederJul 25, 2010
  4. 2/7 Makefile: Include subdirectories in "make cover" reportsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 25, 2010
  5. Jonathan NiederJul 25, 2010
  6. 3/7 Makefile: Split out the untested functions targetÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 25, 2010
  7. 4/7 Makefile: Add coverage-report-cover-db targetÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 25, 2010
  8. Jonathan NiederJul 25, 2010
  9. 5/7 Makefile: Add coverage-report-cover-db-html targetÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 25, 2010
  10. Jonathan NiederJul 25, 2010
  11. 6/7 t/README: A new section about test coverageÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 25, 2010
  12. 7/7 t/README: Add a note about the dangers of coverage chasingÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 25, 2010
  13. Jonathan NiederJul 25, 2010
  14. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 25, 2010
  15. Jonathan NiederJul 25, 2010
  16. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 25, 2010
  17. Jonathan NiederJul 25, 2010

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