Re: How to re-use setups in multiple tests?

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Oct 1, 2007, 11:45 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0710011243230.28395@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <550f9510710010327l3e729ff1tbbb9b6c674c1cb11@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

On Mon, 1 Oct 2007, Tom Clarke wrote:

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> I'm wondering if there's a pattern for re-using setups across several 
> tests, similar to how a setUp function is used in xUnit. The problem is 
> I need the setup to actually be re-run, for each test to start from a 
> clean slate, so using the following doesn't work as the setup is just 
> run before the first test.

We typically do the clean up phase explicitely.  Or avoid it.

Example: you want to do something to a branch, but the next step should 
use the original state of the branch.

Solution: "git checkout -b new-branch HEAD~5"

Sorry, unless you are a little less mysterious about the exact use case you have in mind, I cannot help more.

Ciao, Dscho