From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Cc: Aleksei Sviridkin <f@lex.la>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] t3507: pin CHERRY_PICK_HEAD absence for a conflicting --no-commit
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2026 09:17:18 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqh5k556up.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <apqSXT4lT7v0ILjp@pks.im> (Patrick Steinhardt's message of "Fri, 4 Sep 2026 11:41:49 +0200")
Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:
> The question is whether it really makes sense to have tests for every
> single edge case. In a perfect world we of course would, but in the real
> world there are a) gazillions of different combinations and b) every
> test brings its own overhead as it increases both wall time and
> maintenance costs.
Very true. There needs a very good justification to add overhead to
protect what has been working fine for a long time ;-).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-04 16:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-03 12:55 [PATCH 1/2] t3507: pin CHERRY_PICK_HEAD absence for a conflicting --no-commit Aleksei Sviridkin
2026-09-03 12:55 ` [PATCH 2/2] doc: cherry-pick: note --no-commit skips CHERRY_PICK_HEAD Aleksei Sviridkin
2026-09-03 21:32 ` [PATCH 1/2] t3507: pin CHERRY_PICK_HEAD absence for a conflicting --no-commit Junio C Hamano
2026-09-03 21:45 ` Aleksei Sviridkin
2026-09-04 9:41 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-09-04 12:45 ` Aleksei Sviridkin
2026-09-04 13:53 ` Phillip Wood
2026-09-05 17:13 ` Aleksei Sviridkin
2026-09-04 16:17 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2026-09-05 17:13 ` Aleksei Sviridkin
2026-09-04 9:53 ` Phillip Wood
2026-09-04 16:20 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-09-04 9:57 ` Phillip Wood
2026-09-04 12:45 ` Aleksei Sviridkin
2026-09-04 13:57 ` Phillip Wood
2026-09-05 17:13 ` Aleksei Sviridkin
2026-09-04 12:44 ` [PATCH v2] doc: cherry-pick: note --no-commit skips CHERRY_PICK_HEAD Aleksei Sviridkin
2026-09-05 16:29 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-09-05 17:13 ` [PATCH v3 0/2] cherry-pick: document that " Aleksei Sviridkin
2026-09-05 17:13 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] t3507: check no CHERRY_PICK_HEAD after conflicting --no-commit Aleksei Sviridkin
2026-09-05 17:13 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] doc: cherry-pick: note --no-commit skips CHERRY_PICK_HEAD Aleksei Sviridkin
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