Re: [PATCH v2 4/8] test-lib-functions: add and use test_cmp_cmd

From: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Date: Dec 2, 2022, 01:52 UTC
Message-ID: <CAPig+cROyCWrweskbUoxjA9ziHPqUR++KgJ9ViTKwkPhz-J3QQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAPig+cSgnhzFCUVTQCcTKJK+2qVOpdB2R-Vq1DjqspDJudom4w@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Dec 1, 2022 at 8:45 PM Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> wrote:

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> But, even that doesn't
> seem to buy much. The vast majority of cases where you've converted:
>
>     test "$dir" = "$(test-tool path-utils real_path $dir2)" &&
>
> to:
>
>     test_cmp_cmd "$dir" test-tool path-utils real_path $dir2 &&
>
> could just have easily become:
>
>     echo "$dir" >expect &&
>     test_cmp test-tool path-utils real_path $dir2 &&
>
> which isn't bad at all, even if it is one line longer, and it is
> idiomatic in this test suite.

I can't count. Of course, I meant:

     echo "$dir" >expect &&
     test-tool path-utils real_path $dir2 >actual &&
     test_cmp expect actual &&

which is two extra lines.