Re: [PATCH] [GSoC Patch] Modernize Test Path Checking in Git’s Test Suite

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

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Mar 18, 2025, 23:53 UTC

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Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> writes:

> Referring to the other thread at [*], perhaps this (avoiding `!` in
> front of test_path_*) is yet another clarification which ought to be
> added to the microproject description in order to lead candidates in a
> more profitable direction.
>
> [*]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/CAPig+cRm+sc+Rk-4SuQ5CrPeZLG2Nzz9B7+6OZxCq7tV5mzmBA@mail.gmail.com/

While mentors do that, I'd prefer to see others extend support for 

	test_path_is_file ! this-should-not-be-file

so that the students have a better tool to work with.

> One other recommendation I would make is to restrict the microproject
> submission to just a single test script (rather than updating twelve
> of them) in order to avoid exhausting the pool for other potential
> candidates.

Thanks.