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Re: [PATCH 3/3] test-lib: '--run' to run only specific tests

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David Tran <unsignedzero@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 31, 2014, 19:35 UTC
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> Junio C Hamano <gitster <at> pobox.com> writes:
>
> 
> I would have to say that there is already an established pattern to
> pick ranges that normal people understand well and it would be silly
> to invent another more verbose way to express the same thing.  You
> tell your Print Dialog which page to print with e.g. "-4,7,9-12,15-",
> not ">=4 7 ...".  
> 
> Would the same notation be insufficient for our purpose?  You do not
> even have to worry about negation that way.
>

That will do, especially if the numbers are in ascending order. We won't have the odd cases of including a test and removing it later on. I think we won't need a --neg flag to take the negation of the tests in that range?

Previous: Junio C Hamano
Message 23 of 23 in “Better control of the tests run by a test suite”
  1. Better control of the tests run by a test suiteIlya Bobyr, Mar 24, 2014
  2. 1/3 test-lib: Document short options in t/READMEIlya Bobyr, Mar 24, 2014
  3. Ramsay JonesMar 24, 2014
  4. Ilya BobyrMar 24, 2014
  5. Junio C HamanoMar 25, 2014
  6. Ilya BobyrMar 27, 2014
  7. Junio C HamanoMar 27, 2014
  8. Junio C HamanoMar 28, 2014
  9. Eric SunshineMar 25, 2014
  10. 2/3 test-lib: tests skipped by GIT_SKIP_TESTS say soIlya Bobyr, Mar 24, 2014
  11. 3/3 test-lib: '--run' to run only specific testsIlya Bobyr, Mar 24, 2014
  12. Jeff KingMar 24, 2014
  13. Junio C HamanoMar 25, 2014
  14. Ilya BobyrMar 27, 2014
  15. Better control of the tests run by a test suiteIlya Bobyr, Mar 27, 2014
  16. 1/3 test-lib: Document short options in t/READMEIlya Bobyr, Mar 27, 2014
  17. 2/3 test-lib: tests skipped by GIT_SKIP_TESTS say soIlya Bobyr, Mar 27, 2014
  18. 3/3 test-lib: '--run' to run only specific testsIlya Bobyr, Mar 27, 2014
  19. Eric SunshineMar 28, 2014
  20. Ilya BobyrMar 28, 2014
  21. Eric SunshineMar 30, 2014
  22. Junio C HamanoMar 31, 2014
  23. David TranMar 31, 2014

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