Re: [PATCH 4/4] rebase: remove a couple of redundant strategy tests

> On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 8:38 AM Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> From: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>
>>
>> The test removed in t3402 has been redundant ever since 80ff47957b
>> (rebase: remember strategy and strategy options, 2011-02-06) which added
>> a new test the first part of which (as noted in the commit message)
>> duplicated the existing test. The test removed in t3418 has been
>> redundant since the merge backend was removed in 68aa495b59 (rebase:
>> implement --merge via the interactive machinery, 2018-12-11) as it now
>> tests the same code paths as the preceding test.
> 
> I was really confused by this commit message at first.  Eventually, I
> figured out you were talking about the changes in this commit, just in
> past tense.  Could we change it to imperative tense?  E.g.
> 
> Remove a test in t3402 that has been redundant ever since 80ff47957b
> (rebase: remember strategy and strategy options, 2011-02-06).  That commit added
> a new test, the first part of which (as noted in the old commit message)
> duplicated an existing test.
> 
> Also remove a test t3418 that has been redundant since the merge
> backend was removed in 68aa495b59 (rebase: implement --merge
> via the interactive machinery, 2018-12-11), since it now tests the
> same code paths as the preceding test.

>> Signed-off-by: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>
>> ---
>>   t/t3402-rebase-merge.sh    | 21 ---------------------
>>   t/t3418-rebase-continue.sh | 32 --------------------------------
>>   2 files changed, 53 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/t/t3402-rebase-merge.sh b/t/t3402-rebase-merge.sh
>> index 7e46f4ca85..79b0640c00 100755
>> --- a/t/t3402-rebase-merge.sh
>> +++ b/t/t3402-rebase-merge.sh
>> @@ -131,27 +131,6 @@ test_expect_success 'picking rebase' '
>>          esac
>>   '
>>
>> -test_expect_success 'rebase -s funny -Xopt' '
>> -       test_when_finished "rm -fr test-bin funny.was.run" &&
>> -       mkdir test-bin &&
>> -       cat >test-bin/git-merge-funny <<-EOF &&
>> -       #!$SHELL_PATH
>> -       case "\$1" in --opt) ;; *) exit 2 ;; esac
>> -       shift &&
>> -       >funny.was.run &&
>> -       exec git merge-recursive "\$@"
>> -       EOF
>> -       chmod +x test-bin/git-merge-funny &&
>> -       git reset --hard &&
>> -       git checkout -b test-funny main^ &&
>> -       test_commit funny &&
>> -       (
>> -               PATH=./test-bin:$PATH &&
>> -               git rebase -s funny -Xopt main
>> -       ) &&
>> -       test -f funny.was.run
>> -'
>> -
>>   test_expect_success 'rebase --skip works with two conflicts in a row' '
>>          git checkout second-side  &&
>>          tr "[A-Z]" "[a-z]" <newfile >tmp &&
>> diff --git a/t/t3418-rebase-continue.sh b/t/t3418-rebase-continue.sh
>> index 42c3954125..2d0789e554 100755
>> --- a/t/t3418-rebase-continue.sh
>> +++ b/t/t3418-rebase-continue.sh
>> @@ -97,38 +97,6 @@ test_expect_success 'rebase --continue remembers merge strategy and options' '
>>          test_cmp expect actual
>>   '
>>
>> -test_expect_success 'rebase -i --continue handles merge strategy and options' '
>> -       rm -fr .git/rebase-* &&
>> -       git reset --hard commit-new-file-F2-on-topic-branch &&
>> -       test_commit "commit-new-file-F3-on-topic-branch-for-dash-i" F3 32 &&
>> -       test_when_finished "rm -fr test-bin funny.was.run funny.args" &&
>> -       mkdir test-bin &&
>> -       cat >test-bin/git-merge-funny <<-EOF &&
>> -       #!$SHELL_PATH
>> -       echo "\$@" >>funny.args
>> -       case "\$1" in --opt) ;; *) exit 2 ;; esac
>> -       case "\$2" in --foo) ;; *) exit 2 ;; esac
>> -       case "\$4" in --) ;; *) exit 2 ;; esac
>> -       shift 2 &&
>> -       >funny.was.run &&
>> -       exec git merge-recursive "\$@"
>> -       EOF
>> -       chmod +x test-bin/git-merge-funny &&
>> -       (
>> -               PATH=./test-bin:$PATH &&
>> -               test_must_fail git rebase -i -s funny -Xopt -Xfoo main topic
>> -       ) &&
>> -       test -f funny.was.run &&
>> -       rm funny.was.run &&
>> -       echo "Resolved" >F2 &&
>> -       git add F2 &&
>> -       (
>> -               PATH=./test-bin:$PATH &&
>> -               git rebase --continue
>> -       ) &&
>> -       test -f funny.was.run
>> -'
>> -
>>   test_expect_success 'rebase -r passes merge strategy options correctly' '
>>          rm -fr .git/rebase-* &&
>>          git reset --hard commit-new-file-F3-on-topic-branch &&
>> --
>> 2.39.2
> 
> Looks good otherwise.