Re: [PATCH v10 00/15] Upstreaming the Scalar command

>
> Hi Junio,
>
> On Wed, 8 Dec 2021, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
> > Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> >
> > > The Scalar Functional Tests were designed with Azure Repos in mind, i.e.
> > > they specifically verify that the `gvfs-helper` (emulating Partial Clone
> > > using the predecessor of Partial Clone, the GVFS protocol) manages to
> > > access the repositories in the intended way.
> > > ...
> > > I do realize, though, that clarity of intention has been missing from this
> > > mail thread all around, so let me ask point blank: Junio, do you want me
> > > to include upstreaming `gvfs-helper` in the overall Scalar plan?
> >
> > Sorry, I do not follow.
>
> In
> https://lore.kernel.org/git/CABPp-BGpe9Q5k22Yu8a=1xwu=pZYSeNQoqEgf+DN07cU4EB1ew@mail.gmail.com/
> (i.e. in the great great grand parent of this mail), you specifically
> replied to my mentioning Scalar's Functional Test suite:
>
>         > > One other thing is very interesting about that vfs-with-scalar
>         > > branch thicket: it contains a GitHub workflow which will run
>         > > Scalar's quite extensive Functional Tests suite. This test
>         > > suite is quite comprehensive and caught us a lot of bugs in
>         > > the past, not only in the Scalar code, but also core Git.
>         >
>         > From your wording it sounds like the plan might not include
>         > moving these tests over.  Perhaps it doesn't make sense to move
>         > them all over, but since they've caught problems in both Scalar
>         > and core Git, it would be nice to see many of those tests come
>         > to Git as well as part of a future follow on series.