Re: [RFC/PATCH] t9159-*.sh: Don't use the svn '@<rev>' syntax

[Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>]

Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsay1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Hmm, I was hoping that someone would say something like:
> 
>    "This test does not depend on the difference between the peg revision
> and the operative revision, because the history represented in the test
> repo is so simple that there *is* no difference, so Acked By: ... "

Unfortunately, I remain perpetually confused w.r.t peg revisions vs "-r"
and how it's handled differently between different SVN versions.

> But, since that didn't happen, maybe the patch given below would be more
> acceptable? (I personally prefer the original patch ...)

I'm much more comfortable with your below patch as it won't break
on newer (and increasingly more widely-used) versions.

> Given that I didn't quite follow Sam's explanation, I still don't know
> if t9104-git-svn-follow-parent.sh needs to be changed (again, this test
> *passes* for me), so ... :-P

> Subject: [PATCH] t9159-*.sh: Add an svn version check

How about something along the lines of:

  Subject: [PATCH] t9159-*.sh: skip for mergeinfo test for svn <= 1.4

  t9159 relies on the command-line syntax of svn >= 1.5.
  Given the declining install base of older svn versions,
  it is not worth our time to support older svn syntax.

  Acked-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
  Signed-off-by: Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsay1.demon.co.uk>

?

> diff --git a/t/t9159-git-svn-no-parent-mergeinfo.sh b/t/t9159-git-svn-no-parent-mergeinfo.sh
> index 85120b7..69e4815 100755
> --- a/t/t9159-git-svn-no-parent-mergeinfo.sh
> +++ b/t/t9159-git-svn-no-parent-mergeinfo.sh
> @@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
>  test_description='git svn handling of root commits in merge ranges'
>  . ./lib-git-svn.sh
>  
> +svn_ver="$(svn --version --quiet)"
> +case $svn_ver in
> +0.* | 1.[0-4].*)
> +	skip_all="skipping git-svn test - SVN too old ($svn_ver)"
> +	test_done
> +	;;
> +esac
> +
>  test_expect_success 'test handling of root commits in merge ranges' '
>  	mkdir -p init/trunk init/branches init/tags &&
>  	echo "r1" > init/trunk/file.txt &&
> --