Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] test-lib: allow selecting tests by substring/regex with --run

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Oct 16, 2020, 20:22 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq4kmtc45q.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <20201016200642.GB3355643@coredump.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

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> I think we are on the same page, and my intent was to match full names.
>
> So now you get "t0050" from some failed-test output (prove, or just the
> output from make failing), and you copy it into the command-line to use
> with "--test". And instead you'd just copy the full text name. It's a
> little less convenient because t1234 is short enough that I'd type it,
> and I'd probably cut-and-paste the text name. But other than that, I'd
> expect the procedure to be the same.

Most often, they are no longer in my scroll buffer, though. Two 4-digit integers I can easily hold in my head and type. Full names of two test scripts? That's a bit taxing.

So, not really.