Re: [PATCH 0/6] modernize t1500

> Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
>
>> Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> writes:
>>
>>> This series modernizes t1500; it takes an entirely different approach
>>> than [1][2] and is intended to replace that series.
>>
>> Turns out that it wasn't so painful after all.
>>
>> The only small niggle I have is on 6/6; my preference would be,
>> because once we set up .git we do not add objects and refs to it, to
>> make a copy a lot earlier before the tests start.
>
> -- >8 --
> Subject: [PATCH 7/6] t1500: finish preparation upfront
>
> The earlier tests do not attempt to modify the contents of .git (by
> creating objects or refs, for example), which means that even if
> some earlier tests before "cp -R" fail, the tests in repo.git will
> run in an environment that we can expect them to succeed in.
>
> Make it clear that tests in repo.git will be independent from the
> results of earlier tests done in .git by moving its initialization
> "cp -R .git repo.git" much higher in the test sequence.
>
> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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