Re: [PATCH 2/2] test-lib: GIT_TEST_ONLY to run only specific tests

> On 3/4/2014 12:29 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> ...
>> then you
>> shouldn't be mucking with environment variables in the first place,
>> primarily because running:
>>
>>      $ GIT_TEST_ONLY='1 4' make test
>>
>> to run test .1 and .4 of all the test scripts would not make any
>> sense.
>
> No it does not.  It only makes sense for one test suite.
>
>> I think your "simplicity" argument is a total red-herring.
>> Of course if you do not have to say the test script name, your
>> specification would be shorter, but that is only because your
>> specification is not specific enough to be useful.
>
> In my case it is very useful :)

>>   * Even though GIT_SKIP_TESTS mechanism still allows you to skip
>>     individual test pieces, it has never been a serious "feature" in
>>     the first place. Many of the tests unfortunately do rely on state
>>     previous sequences of tests left behind, so it is not realistic
>>     to expect that you can skip test pieces randomly and exercise
>>     later test pieces reliably.
>>
>>   * The numbering of individual test pieces can easily change by new
>>     tests inserted in the middle; again, many tests do take advantge
>>     of the states earlier tests leave behind, so "do not add new
>>     tests in the middle" is not a realistic rule to enforce, unless
>>     you are willing to clean up existing test scripts so that each
>>     test piece is independent from all the previous ones.
>
> Both are true, but do not apply to the TDD case.