Re: [PATCH v3 3/7] unit-tests: add for_test

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jul 29, 2024, 18:55 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq8qxkhvt3.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <ZqdldZE2MV-Pkuu-@tanuki>

Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:

> is standalone nowadays and called "clar" [1]. The biggest downside of it
> is that it depends on Python to auto-generate the test "main" function,
> which is not really a good fit for the Git project.

Is that because Python is optional (like, we only use it for optional Perforce thing and import-zip in contrib), or are there other concerns?

Unlike these components, unit tests are not even for the end-user consumers, so if it is Python that you find it a blocker, I do not see a reason to reject it. The thing looked like a simple script that does not use any tricky language construct or modules.

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