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Re: [PATCH 3/3] submodule--helper: add intern-git-dir function

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Nov 22, 2016, 07:07 UTC
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Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> writes:
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> So I guess we should test a bit more extensively, maybe
>
>     git status >expect
>     git submodule embedgitdirs
>     git status >actual
>     test_cmp expect actual
>     # further testing via
>     test -f ..
>     test -d ..

Something along that line. "status should succeed" does not tell the readers what kind of breakage the test is expecting to protect us from. If we are expecting a breakage in embed-git-dirs would somehow corrupt an existing submodule, which would lead to "status" that is run in the superproject report the submodule differently, then comparing output before and after the operation may be a reasonable test. Going there to the submodule working tree and checking the health of the repository (of the submodule) may be another sensible test.

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>>  In the
>> extreme, if the failed "git submodule" command did
>>
>>         rm -fr .git ?* && git init
>>
>> wouldn't "git status" still succeed?
>
>     In that particular case you'd get
>     $ git status
>     fatal: Not a git repository (or any parent up to mount point ....)
Even with "&& git init"?  Or you forgot that part?
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Message 12 of 17 in “Introduce `submodule interngitdirs`”
  1. 0/3 Introduce `submodule interngitdirs`Stefan Beller, Nov 21, 2016
  2. 1/3 submodule: use absolute path for computing relative path connectingStefan Beller, Nov 21, 2016
  3. Junio C HamanoNov 21, 2016
  4. Stefan BellerNov 21, 2016
  5. Stefan BellerNov 22, 2016
  6. Junio C HamanoNov 22, 2016
  7. 2/3 test-lib-functions.sh: teach test_commit -C <dir>Stefan Beller, Nov 21, 2016
  8. Junio C HamanoNov 21, 2016
  9. 3/3 submodule--helper: add intern-git-dir functionStefan Beller, Nov 21, 2016
  10. Junio C HamanoNov 21, 2016
  11. Stefan BellerNov 22, 2016
  12. Junio C HamanoNov 22, 2016
  13. Stefan BellerNov 22, 2016
  14. Junio C HamanoNov 22, 2016
  15. Brandon WilliamsNov 21, 2016
  16. Junio C HamanoNov 21, 2016
  17. Stefan BellerNov 21, 2016

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