From: John Keeping <john@keeping.me.uk>
To: Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com>,
Sitaram Chamarty <sitaramc@gmail.com>,
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] t7800: run --dir-diff tests with and without symlinks
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:35:16 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130325103516.GC2286@serenity.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <514FFC3C.3010203@viscovery.net>
On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 08:26:52AM +0100, Johannes Sixt wrote:
> The series looks good, but I can't test it because it does not apply
> anywhere here.
It's built on top of da/difftool-fixes, is there some problem that stops
it applying cleanly on top of that?
> Am 3/23/2013 14:31, schrieb John Keeping:
> > Currently the difftool --dir-diff tests may or may not use symlinks
> > depending on the operating system on which they are run. In one case
> > this has caused a test failure to be noticed only on Windows when the
> > test also fails on Linux when difftool is invoked with --no-symlinks.
> >
> > Rewrite these tests so that they do not depend on the environment but
> > run explicitly with both --symlinks and --no-symlinks, protecting the
> > --symlinks version with a SYMLINKS prerequisite.
>
> At first, I wondered what the point of having --symlinks and --no-symlinks
> was when there is no discernable difference. But 1f229345 (difftool: Use
> symlinks when diffing against the worktree) makes it pretty clear: It's an
> optimization, and --no-symlinks is only intended as an escape hatch.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-03-25 10:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 55+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-02-21 4:03 [PATCH v3 1/4] difftool: silence uninitialized variable warning David Aguilar
2013-02-21 4:03 ` [PATCH 2/4] t7800: update copyright notice David Aguilar
2013-02-21 4:03 ` [PATCH v3 3/4] t7800: modernize tests David Aguilar
2013-02-21 4:03 ` [PATCH v3 4/4] t7800: "defaults" is no longer a builtin tool name David Aguilar
2013-02-21 4:55 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-02-21 5:00 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-02-21 23:31 ` David Aguilar
2013-03-20 9:48 ` [PATCH v3 3/4] t7800: modernize tests Johannes Sixt
2013-03-20 22:59 ` David Aguilar
2013-03-21 7:41 ` Johannes Sixt
2013-03-22 7:13 ` Johannes Sixt
2013-03-22 10:00 ` John Keeping
2013-03-22 11:14 ` Johannes Sixt
2013-03-22 11:53 ` John Keeping
2013-03-22 19:36 ` [PATCH 0/3] Improve difftool --dir-diff tests John Keeping
2013-03-22 19:36 ` [PATCH 1/3] t7800: don't hide grep output John Keeping
2013-03-22 22:32 ` Johannes Sixt
2013-03-22 22:45 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-03-22 19:36 ` [PATCH 2/3] t7800: fix tests when difftool uses --no-symlinks John Keeping
2013-03-22 22:27 ` Johannes Sixt
2013-03-22 22:53 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-03-22 23:05 ` John Keeping
2013-03-23 3:24 ` David Aguilar
2013-03-22 19:36 ` [PATCH 3/3] t7800: run --dir-diff tests with and without symlinks John Keeping
2013-03-22 21:05 ` [PATCH 3/3 v2] " John Keeping
2013-03-23 13:31 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] difftool --dir-diff test improvements John Keeping
2013-03-23 13:31 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] t7800: don't hide grep output John Keeping
2013-03-23 13:31 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] t7800: fix tests when difftool uses --no-symlinks John Keeping
2013-03-24 5:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-03-24 12:36 ` John Keeping
2013-03-24 13:31 ` Matt McClure
2013-03-24 15:15 ` John Keeping
2013-03-25 7:41 ` Johannes Sixt
2013-03-25 10:42 ` John Keeping
2013-03-25 21:44 ` [PATCH v2] difftool: don't overwrite modified files John Keeping
2013-03-26 8:38 ` Johannes Sixt
2013-03-26 8:47 ` Johannes Sixt
2013-03-26 9:31 ` John Keeping
2013-03-26 9:53 ` Johannes Sixt
2013-03-26 19:34 ` John Keeping
2013-03-26 20:52 ` Matt McClure
2013-03-26 21:01 ` John Keeping
2013-03-25 16:15 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] t7800: fix tests when difftool uses --no-symlinks Junio C Hamano
2013-03-24 21:29 ` David Aguilar
2013-03-25 10:57 ` John Keeping
2013-03-25 14:54 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-03-24 13:24 ` Matt McClure
2013-03-24 6:20 ` Eric Sunshine
2013-03-23 13:31 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] t7800: run --dir-diff tests with and without symlinks John Keeping
2013-03-25 7:26 ` Johannes Sixt
2013-03-25 10:35 ` John Keeping [this message]
2013-03-25 10:59 ` Johannes Sixt
2013-03-25 11:02 ` John Keeping
2013-03-25 21:50 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-03-26 9:22 ` John Keeping
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