Re: [PATCH] t: make many tests depend less on the refs being files

> On Sun, May 20, 2018 at 10:51 PM, Christian Couder
> <christian.couder@gmail.com> wrote:
>> From: David Turner <dturner@twopensource.com>
>>
>> So that they work under alternate ref storage backends.
>
> Sometimes I have a disconnect between the subject and the commit
> message, (e.g. in an email reader the subject is not displayed accurately on
> top of the message).
>
> So I would prefer if the first part of the body message is an actual
> sentence, and
> not a continuum from the subject.
>
> Maybe elaborate a bit more:
>
>   The current tests are very focused on the file system representation of
>   the loose and packed refs code.  As there are plans to implement other
>   ref storage systems, migrate most tests to a form that test the intent of the
>   refs storage system instead of it internals. The internals of the loose and
>   packed refs are tested in <TODO>, whereas the tests in this patch focus
>   on testing other aspects.

>> This will be really needed when such alternate ref storage backends are
>> developed. But this could already help by making clear to readers that
>> some tests do not depend on which ref backend is used.
>
> Ah, this is what I picked up already in the suggested edit above. :/