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Re: [PATCH 0/8] Do not use abbreviated options in tests

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Apr 2, 2019, 00:58 UTC
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"Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:

> We do not want to have tests that need to be changed by completely unrelated
> patch series, just because abbreviations that used to be unique are being
> made non-unique by said patch series.
Makes sense.

If we wanted to make sure that options in abbreviated form work correctly, we should do so in dedicated parseopt-specific tests (and we do in t0040, I think), not in tests for random other commands that happens to feed options to them.

Will queue.
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Message 37 of 52 in “Do not use abbreviated options in tests”
  1. 0/8 Do not use abbreviated options in testsJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Mar 25, 2019
  2. 1/8 tests (rebase): spell out the `--keep-empty` optionJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Mar 25, 2019
  3. 3/8 t7810: do not abbreviate `--no-exclude-standard` nor `--invert-match`Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Mar 25, 2019
  4. 5/8 tests (push): do not abbreviate the `--follow-tags` optionJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Mar 25, 2019
  5. 4/8 t5531: avoid using an abbreviated optionJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Mar 25, 2019
  6. 2/8 tests (rebase): spell out the `--force-rebase` optionJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Mar 25, 2019
  7. 8/8 tests: disallow the use of abbreviated options (by default)Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Mar 25, 2019
  8. Denton LiuMar 25, 2019
  9. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 25, 2019
  10. Johannes SchindelinApr 12, 2019
  11. Johannes SchindelinApr 12, 2019
  12. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 25, 2019
  13. Johannes SchindelinApr 12, 2019
  14. 6/8 tests (status): spell out the `--find-renames` option in fullJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Mar 25, 2019
  15. 7/8 tests (pack-objects): use the full, unabbreviated `--revs` optionJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Mar 25, 2019
  16. 0/2 allow for configuring option abbreviation + fixÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 25, 2019
  17. 1/2 parse-options: allow for configuring option abbreviationÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 25, 2019
  18. Eric SunshineMar 25, 2019
  19. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 25, 2019
  20. Duy NguyenMar 26, 2019
  21. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 26, 2019
  22. Duy NguyenMar 26, 2019
  23. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 26, 2019
  24. Junio C HamanoApr 1, 2019
  25. Johannes SchindelinApr 12, 2019
  26. 2/2 parse-options: don't emit "ambiguous option" for aliasesÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 25, 2019
  27. parse-options: don't emit "ambiguous option" for aliasesÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Apr 17, 2019
  28. Duy NguyenApr 17, 2019
  29. Junio C HamanoApr 18, 2019
  30. Duy NguyenApr 18, 2019
  31. Junio C HamanoApr 19, 2019
  32. parse-options: don't emit "ambiguous option" for aliasesNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Apr 22, 2019
  33. Duy NguyenApr 22, 2019
  34. parse-options: don't emit "ambiguous option" for aliasesNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Apr 29, 2019
  35. Junio C HamanoMay 7, 2019
  36. Duy NguyenMay 7, 2019
  37. Junio C HamanoApr 2, 2019
  38. 0/8 Do not use abbreviated options in testsJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Apr 12, 2019
  39. 2/8 tests (rebase): spell out the `--force-rebase` optionJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Apr 12, 2019
  40. 4/8 t5531: avoid using an abbreviated optionJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Apr 12, 2019
  41. 6/8 tests (status): spell out the `--find-renames` option in fullJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Apr 12, 2019
  42. 5/8 tests (push): do not abbreviate the `--follow-tags` optionJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Apr 12, 2019
  43. 1/8 tests (rebase): spell out the `--keep-empty` optionJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Apr 12, 2019
  44. 3/8 t7810: do not abbreviate `--no-exclude-standard` nor `--invert-match`Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Apr 12, 2019
  45. 8/8 tests: disallow the use of abbreviated options (by default)Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Apr 12, 2019
  46. Junio C HamanoApr 14, 2019
  47. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2019
  48. Johannes SchindelinApr 15, 2019
  49. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2019
  50. Johannes SchindelinApr 17, 2019
  51. Johannes SchindelinApr 15, 2019
  52. 7/8 tests (pack-objects): use the full, unabbreviated `--revs` optionJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Apr 12, 2019

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