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Re: [PATCH 2/4] bisect: replace hardcoded "bad|good" by variables

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jun 9, 2015, 19:18 UTC
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Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr> writes:
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> Antoine Delaite <antoine.delaite@ensimag.grenoble-inp.fr> writes:
>
>> --- a/git-bisect.sh
>> +++ b/git-bisect.sh
>> @@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ OPTIONS_SPEC=
>>  
>>  _x40='[0-9a-f][0-9a-f][0-9a-f][0-9a-f][0-9a-f]'
>>  _x40="$_x40$_x40$_x40$_x40$_x40$_x40$_x40$_x40"
>> +NAME_BAD="bad"
>> +NAME_GOOD="good"
>
> I would have written
>
> NAME_NEW=bad
> NAME_OLD=good
>
> "old/new" are the generic wording, so I think it would make more sense
> for the codebase to use it when we don't hardcode old/new.

Yeah, I would think so, especially if we envision that the new/old will not be the only pair we will ever allow in place for the traditional bad/good. Being bad is just a special case of being new only when you are hunting for a regression.

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Message 7 of 24 in “bisect : correction of typo”
  1. 1/4 bisect : correction of typoAntoine Delaite, Jun 8, 2015
  2. 2/4 bisect: replace hardcoded "bad|good" by variablesAntoine Delaite, Jun 8, 2015
  3. Junio C HamanoJun 8, 2015
  4. Matthieu MoyJun 9, 2015
  5. Christian CouderJun 9, 2015
  6. Matthieu MoyJun 9, 2015
  7. Junio C HamanoJun 9, 2015
  8. 3/4 bisect: simplify the add of new bisect termsAntoine Delaite, Jun 8, 2015
  9. Junio C HamanoJun 8, 2015
  10. Antoine DelaiteJun 9, 2015
  11. Matthieu MoyJun 10, 2015
  12. Matthieu MoyJun 9, 2015
  13. Christian CouderJun 9, 2015
  14. Louis-Alexandre StuberJun 9, 2015
  15. Junio C HamanoJun 10, 2015
  16. Louis-Alexandre StuberJun 10, 2015
  17. Matthieu MoyJun 10, 2015
  18. Louis-Alexandre StuberJun 10, 2015
  19. Matthieu MoyJun 10, 2015
  20. Junio C HamanoJun 10, 2015
  21. Matthieu MoyJun 10, 2015
  22. Junio C HamanoJun 10, 2015
  23. 4/4 bisect: add the terms old/newAntoine Delaite, Jun 8, 2015
  24. Junio C HamanoJun 8, 2015

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