From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Hoda Salim <hoda.s.salim@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2][GSoC] t9160:modernize test path checking
Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2026 11:00:21 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq5x8fynqy.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260202161759.84355-2-hoda.s.salim@gmail.com> (Hoda Salim's message of "Mon, 2 Feb 2026 18:18:00 +0200")
Hoda Salim <hoda.s.salim@gmail.com> writes:
> From: HodaSalim <hoda.s.salim@gmail.com>
>
> Replace old-style path checks with Git's dedicated test helpers:
> - test -f → test_path_is_file
> - test -d → test_path_is_dir
> - test -s → test_file_not_empty
>
> Fix typos with the word "subsequent"
>
> Found using: git grep "test -[efd]" t/
>
> This improves test readability and provides better error messages
> when path checks fail.
For a small change like this, the above is sufficient as all the
necessary things are described, but for future reference, we prefer
to explain things in this order:
- Give an observation on how the current system works in the
present tense (so no need to say "Currently X is Y", or
"Previously X was Y" to describe the state before your change;
just "X is Y" is enough), and discuss what you perceive as a
problem in it.
- Propose a solution (optional---often, problem description
trivially leads to an obvious solution in reader's minds).
- Give commands to somebody editing the codebase to "make it so",
instead of saying "This commit does X".
You are going backwards ;-).
Will queue. Thanks (and thanks for all the reviewers who helped
polish the draft to get to this v2).
>
> Signed-off-by: HodaSalim <hoda.s.salim@gmail.com>
> ---
> t/t9160-git-svn-preserve-empty-dirs.sh | 26 +++++++++++++-------------
> 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/t/t9160-git-svn-preserve-empty-dirs.sh b/t/t9160-git-svn-preserve-empty-dirs.sh
> index 36c6b1a12f..de32cf2542 100755
> --- a/t/t9160-git-svn-preserve-empty-dirs.sh
> +++ b/t/t9160-git-svn-preserve-empty-dirs.sh
> @@ -61,15 +61,15 @@ test_expect_success 'clone svn repo with --preserve-empty-dirs' '
>
> # "$GIT_REPO"/1 should only contain the placeholder file.
> test_expect_success 'directory empty from inception' '
> - test -f "$GIT_REPO"/1/.gitignore &&
> + test_path_is_file "$GIT_REPO"/1/.gitignore &&
> test $(find "$GIT_REPO"/1 -type f | wc -l) = "1"
> '
>
> # "$GIT_REPO"/2 and "$GIT_REPO"/3 should only contain the placeholder file.
> test_expect_success 'directory empty from subsequent svn commit' '
> - test -f "$GIT_REPO"/2/.gitignore &&
> + test_path_is_file "$GIT_REPO"/2/.gitignore &&
> test $(find "$GIT_REPO"/2 -type f | wc -l) = "1" &&
> - test -f "$GIT_REPO"/3/.gitignore &&
> + test_path_is_file "$GIT_REPO"/3/.gitignore &&
> test $(find "$GIT_REPO"/3 -type f | wc -l) = "1"
> '
>
> @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ test_expect_success 'directory empty from subsequent svn commit' '
> # generated for every sub-directory at some point in the repo's history.
> test_expect_success 'add entry to previously empty directory' '
> test $(find "$GIT_REPO"/4 -type f | wc -l) = "1" &&
> - test -f "$GIT_REPO"/4/a/b/c/foo
> + test_path_is_file "$GIT_REPO"/4/a/b/c/foo
> '
>
> # The HEAD~2 commit should not have introduced .gitignore placeholder files.
> @@ -102,14 +102,14 @@ test_expect_success 'clone svn repo with --placeholder-file specified' '
>
> # "$GIT_REPO"/5/.placeholder should be a file, and non-empty.
> test_expect_success 'placeholder namespace conflict with file' '
> - test -s "$GIT_REPO"/5/.placeholder
> + test_file_not_empty "$GIT_REPO"/5/.placeholder
> '
>
> # "$GIT_REPO"/6/.placeholder should be a directory, and the "$GIT_REPO"/6 tree
> # should only contain one file: the placeholder.
> test_expect_success 'placeholder namespace conflict with directory' '
> - test -d "$GIT_REPO"/6/.placeholder &&
> - test -f "$GIT_REPO"/6/.placeholder/.placeholder &&
> + test_path_is_dir "$GIT_REPO"/6/.placeholder &&
> + test_path_is_file "$GIT_REPO"/6/.placeholder/.placeholder &&
> test $(find "$GIT_REPO"/6 -type f | wc -l) = "1"
> '
>
> @@ -133,19 +133,19 @@ test_expect_success 'second set of svn commits and rebase' '
>
> # Check that --preserve-empty-dirs and --placeholder-file flag state
> # stays persistent over multiple invocations.
> -test_expect_success 'flag persistence during subsqeuent rebase' '
> - test -f "$GIT_REPO"/7/.placeholder &&
> +test_expect_success 'flag persistence during subsequent rebase' '
> + test_path_is_file "$GIT_REPO"/7/.placeholder &&
> test $(find "$GIT_REPO"/7 -type f | wc -l) = "1"
> '
>
> # Check that placeholder files are properly removed when unnecessary,
> # even across multiple invocations.
> -test_expect_success 'placeholder list persistence during subsqeuent rebase' '
> - test -f "$GIT_REPO"/1/file1.txt &&
> +test_expect_success 'placeholder list persistence during subsequent rebase' '
> + test_path_is_file "$GIT_REPO"/1/file1.txt &&
> test $(find "$GIT_REPO"/1 -type f | wc -l) = "1" &&
>
> - test -f "$GIT_REPO"/5/file1.txt &&
> - test -f "$GIT_REPO"/5/.placeholder &&
> + test_path_is_file "$GIT_REPO"/5/file1.txt &&
> + test_path_is_file "$GIT_REPO"/5/.placeholder &&
> test $(find "$GIT_REPO"/5 -type f | wc -l) = "2"
> '
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-02 19:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-05 14:59 [PATCH] [GSoC][PATCH] t9160:modernize test path checking Hoda Salim via GitGitGadget
2026-02-02 16:18 ` [PATCH v2][GSoC] " Hoda Salim
2026-02-02 19:00 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2026-02-02 19:34 ` Hoda Salim
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