From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 15:56:47 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 7/8] t: introduce compatibility options to clar-based tests
Message-ID: <xmqqzfkza85c.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <20241213-pks-meson-ci-v2-7-634affccc694@pks.im>

Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:

> Note that this also requires us to remove the `-x` short option for
> `--exclude`. This is because `-x` has another meaning in our integration
> tests, as it enables shell tracing. I doubt there are a lot of people
> out there using it as we only got a small hand full of clar tests in the
> first place. So better change it now so that we can in the long run
> improve compatibility between the two different test drivers.

Yup, even though we always hate to see a change that forces people
to adjust to, this is a developer thing, and it certainly is better
to do such a change, if we must, earlier.

Thanks.