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Re: [PATCH v3 11/11] t6050-replace: use some long option names

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Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Date
Sep 1, 2013, 08:07 UTC
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On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 3:12 PM, Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> wrote:

Show 21 quoted lines
> So that they are tested a litlle bit too.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
> ---
>  t/t6050-replace.sh | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/t/t6050-replace.sh b/t/t6050-replace.sh
> index 0b07a0b..5dc26e8 100755
> --- a/t/t6050-replace.sh
> +++ b/t/t6050-replace.sh
> @@ -122,9 +122,9 @@ test_expect_success '"git replace" listing and deleting' '
>       test "$HASH2" = "$(git replace -l)" &&
>       test "$HASH2" = "$(git replace)" &&
>       aa=${HASH2%??????????????????????????????????????} &&
> -     test "$HASH2" = "$(git replace -l "$aa*")" &&
> +     test "$HASH2" = "$(git replace --list "$aa*")" &&
>       test_must_fail git replace -d $R &&
> -     test_must_fail git replace -d &&
> +     test_must_fail git replace --delete &&
>       test_must_fail git replace -l -d $HASH2 &&

Is this sort of change a good idea? A person reading the code, but not familiar with this particular patch, might not understand the seemingly random choice of short versus long option usage. Such a person might be led to wonder if there is some subtle difference between the short and long forms, and then unnecessarily spend time digging into the code and documentation in an attempt to figure it out. Alternately, someone reading the code might be led to assume that the person who added the tests was being sloppy.

Hopefully, t0040-parse-options should already be proof enough that long options are correctly handled, but if you really want to test them here too, it seems like a separate test would be more appropriate than randomly changing short form options to long in various tests.

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>       git replace -d $HASH2 &&
>       git show $HASH2 | grep "A U Thor" &&
> @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ test_expect_success '"git replace" resolves sha1' '
>       git show $HASH2 | grep "O Thor" &&
>       test_must_fail git replace $HASH2 $R &&
>       git replace -f $HASH2 $R &&
> -     test_must_fail git replace -f &&
> +     test_must_fail git replace --force &&
>       test "$HASH2" = "$(git replace)"
>  '
>
> @@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ test_expect_success 'replaced and replacement objects must be of the same type'
>
>  test_expect_success '-f option bypasses the type check' '
>         git replace -f mytag $HASH1 2>err &&
> -       git replace -f HEAD^{tree} HEAD~1 2>err &&
> +       git replace --force HEAD^{tree} HEAD~1 2>err &&
>         git replace -f HEAD^ $BLOB 2>err
>  '
>
> --
> 1.8.4.rc1.31.g530f5ce.dirty
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Message 32 of 33 in “Check replacement object type and minor updates”
  1. 00/11 Check replacement object type and minor updatesChristian Couder, Aug 31, 2013
  2. 01/11 replace: forbid replacing an object with one of a different typeChristian Couder, Aug 31, 2013
  3. Philip OakleyAug 31, 2013
  4. Christian CouderSep 1, 2013
  5. Philip OakleySep 1, 2013
  6. 02/11 Documentation/replace: state that objects must be of the same typeChristian Couder, Aug 31, 2013
  7. 03/11 t6050-replace: test that objects are of the same typeChristian Couder, Aug 31, 2013
  8. 04/11 t6050-replace: add test to clean up all the replace refsChristian Couder, Aug 31, 2013
  9. 05/11 Documentation/replace: add Creating Replacement Objects sectionChristian Couder, Aug 31, 2013
  10. Philip OakleyAug 31, 2013
  11. Christian CouderSep 1, 2013
  12. 06/11 replace: bypass the type check if -f option is usedChristian Couder, Aug 31, 2013
  13. 07/11 Documentation/replace: tell that -f option bypasses the type checkChristian Couder, Aug 31, 2013
  14. Philip OakleyAug 31, 2013
  15. Christian CouderSep 1, 2013
  16. Philip OakleySep 1, 2013
  17. Christian CouderSep 2, 2013
  18. Philip OakleySep 2, 2013
  19. Jonathan NiederSep 2, 2013
  20. Philip OakleySep 2, 2013
  21. Jonathan NiederSep 2, 2013
  22. Philip OakleySep 2, 2013
  23. Christian CouderSep 3, 2013
  24. 08/11 t6050-replace: check that -f option bypasses the type checkChristian Couder, Aug 31, 2013
  25. Eric SunshineSep 1, 2013
  26. Christian CouderSep 1, 2013
  27. 09/11 replace: allow long option namesChristian Couder, Aug 31, 2013
  28. 10/11 Documentation/replace: list long option namesChristian Couder, Aug 31, 2013
  29. 11/11 t6050-replace: use some long option namesChristian Couder, Aug 31, 2013
  30. Philip OakleyAug 31, 2013
  31. Christian CouderSep 1, 2013
  32. Eric SunshineSep 1, 2013
  33. Christian CouderSep 1, 2013

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