Re: [PATCH v1] travis-ci: build and test Git on Windows

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mar 23, 2017, 20:10 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqfui3bvpe.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <81C8DFC7-53DA-4533-8005-F6D8D643FDA2@gmail.com>

Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@gmail.com> writes:

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>>> I agree it's not ideal. But I think it is an improvement to check
>>> pu/next/master/maint continuously :-)
>> 
>> I am not sure what you mean.  We are building each and every branch
>> updates already, and I do not see any improvement over what we are
>> doing now.  Care to elaborate?
>
> We are building each and every branch on TravisCI right now - but 
> only on Linux and OSX. With this change we also build it on
> Windows. That should help to spot Windows related issues more
> quickly I think.

We are losing the build for PR for folks who later submit patches as the price for that. "building each and every branch" stay constant and the trade-off is between building four integration branches on Windows and allowing contributors to easily check their work early.

If your "But I think it is an improvement" was followed by "to check the four branches on Windows continuously", though, I wouldn't have had to ask the question, as I tend to agree it is a better trade off.

Thanks.