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Re: [PATCH 1/3] t3404: preserve test_tick state across short SHA-1 collision test

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Aug 26, 2013, 05:29 UTC
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Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:
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> Eric Sunshine wrote:
>> On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 1:55 AM, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>> Would be clearer if the code in a subshell were indented:
>>>
>>>         (
>>>                 unset test_tick &&
>>>                 test_commit ...
>>>         )
>>
>> I considered it, but decided against it for a couple reasons:
>>
>> * In this script, there already is a mix between the two styles:
>> indented vs. unindented.
>>
>> * In this particular patch, the test_commit line creating commit3
>> wrapped beyond 80 columns when indented.
>
> I'm just one person, but I find the indented form way more readable.
> Long lines or lines with \ continuation are not a big deal.
>
> [...]
>>                                      Should this be worth a re-roll?
>
> Since the file already has a mixture of styles, if there's no other
> reason to reroll, I'd suggest leaving it alone.
>
> The next time it bugs me or someone else, that person can write a
> patch that cleans up the whole file on top. :)

Yeah, I think we saw "style modernization" patches to some test scripts during the last cycle. This one and the rest may want to go through a similar modernization, but it can be done after a real change like the proposed one matures.

Thanks.
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Message 6 of 12 in “t3404 incremental improvements”
  1. 0/3 t3404 incremental improvementsEric Sunshine, Aug 21, 2013
  2. 1/3 t3404: preserve test_tick state across short SHA-1 collision testEric Sunshine, Aug 21, 2013
  3. Jonathan NiederAug 25, 2013
  4. Eric SunshineAug 25, 2013
  5. Jonathan NiederAug 25, 2013
  6. Junio C HamanoAug 26, 2013
  7. 2/3 t3404: make tests more self-containedEric Sunshine, Aug 21, 2013
  8. Junio C HamanoAug 21, 2013
  9. 3/3 t3404: simplify short SHA-1 collision testEric Sunshine, Aug 21, 2013
  10. Junio C HamanoAug 21, 2013
  11. Eric SunshineAug 22, 2013
  12. Junio C HamanoAug 22, 2013

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