Re: [PATCH 1/4] t5411: start using the default branch name "main"
Hi Junio,
On Wed, 28 Oct 2020, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
>
> >> +test_have_prereq PREPARE_FOR_MAIN_BRANCH || {
> >> + test_skip="In transit for the default branch name 'main'"
> >> + test_done
> >> +}
> >> +
> >
> > IOW, I do not see the point in _conditionally_ skipping the rest of
> > the test in this step. I'd however understand it if we always skip
> > the rest in 1/4 and then enable the rest only when testing with
> > 'main' as the default in 4/4, when all the necessary pieces in
> > t/t5411 have been converted.
>
> Another way to protect the test well would be to keep the "unless
> testing with master, skip all" prerequisite check you wrote above,
> but add
>
> GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_INITIAL_BRANCH_NAME=master
>
> immediately before that. We can flip it to use 'master' at the
> final step in the series.
>
> That way, we will not be affected by the GIT_TEST_* environment
> variable that is passed to these scripts by the tester. I think
> I'd prefer to do it that way, instead of unconditionally skipping,
> as the result would be more self explanatory.Do you mean that this patch, squashed into 1/4:
-- snip --
diff --git a/t/t5411-proc-receive-hook.sh b/t/t5411-proc-receive-hook.sh
index 06bbb02ed22..6da6f597a50 100755
--- a/t/t5411-proc-receive-hook.sh
+++ b/t/t5411-proc-receive-hook.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
test_description='Test proc-receive hook'
+GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_INITIAL_BRANCH_NAME=master
+export GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_INITIAL_BRANCH_NAME
+
. ./test-lib.sh
test_have_prereq PREPARE_FOR_MAIN_BRANCH || {
-- snap --
so that 4/4 starts with:
-- snip --
diff --git a/t/t5411-proc-receive-hook.sh b/t/t5411-proc-receive-hook.sh
index 6da6f597a50..98b0e812082 100755
--- a/t/t5411-proc-receive-hook.sh
+++ b/t/t5411-proc-receive-hook.sh
@@ -5,16 +5,11 @@
test_description='Test proc-receive hook'
-GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_INITIAL_BRANCH_NAME=master
+GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_INITIAL_BRANCH_NAME=main
export GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_INITIAL_BRANCH_NAME
. ./test-lib.sh
-test_have_prereq PREPARE_FOR_MAIN_BRANCH || {
- test_skip="In transit for the default branch name 'main'"
- test_done
-}
-
. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t5411/common-functions.sh
setup_upstream_and_workbench () {
-- snap --
would be much more understandable?
If so, I agree, and I will gladly send off the next iteration with that
change.
If I misunderstood, can I please ask you to give it another try to explain
it to me?
Thanks,
Dscho
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>