From: Antoine Pelisse <apelisse@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 08 Jun 2013 14:13:59 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tests: fix autostash
Message-ID: <CALWbr2x4xGjYXa30vpbK4Q2WAVfmzuz1jNWFyGKSPO0To4P-0w@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CALkWK0mBnG7houMKHDorz3oSm=R7u4Va1s=AepSM0CPY6Gy4cw@mail.gmail.com>

On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 4:04 PM, Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com> wrote:
> Felipe Contreras wrote:
>>> Ofcourse they're implementation details.  Even in this very test, I
>>> check $dotest/autostash plenty of times.
>>
>> The more the test relies on implementation details, the worst.
>
> I'm not convinced about this.

My understanding of these tests is that they make sure new/better
implementations don't break the user experience/defined behavior. If
the test relies on the implementation, then they lose most of their
interest.