From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@github.com>
Cc: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>,
Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>,
git@vger.kernel.org, chakrabortyabhradeep79@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] test-lib-functions: fix test_subcommand_inexact
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2022 09:38:57 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqtubnl2zi.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <72c54461-8af7-29fc-04da-f435adee9bbe@github.com> (Derrick Stolee's message of "Thu, 24 Mar 2022 11:42:44 -0400")
Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@github.com> writes:
> The full post-condition check requires more test code, but that's not
> really a problem. The problem comes in if that test is now too rigid
> to future changes in that subcommand. What if the post-conditions
> change in a subtle way because of the subcommand does something
> differently, but in a way that is not of importance to the top
> command?
>
> In this specific case, the test name says that it "packs non-kept
> objects", so we can do more here to validate that post-condition
> that we care about.
Thanks for clearly laying out the way to think about the issue. I
agree with all of it, of course ;-)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-03-24 16:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-03-21 20:34 [PATCH] test-lib-functions: fix test_subcommand_inexact Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-03-22 15:17 ` Derrick Stolee
2022-03-23 14:53 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-03-23 14:55 ` Derrick Stolee
2022-03-23 21:45 ` Taylor Blau
2022-03-23 23:10 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-03-24 15:42 ` Derrick Stolee
2022-03-24 16:02 ` Taylor Blau
2022-03-24 16:39 ` Derrick Stolee
2022-03-24 16:38 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2022-03-24 18:10 ` Abhradeep Chakraborty
2022-03-25 0:33 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-03-25 8:13 ` Abhradeep Chakraborty
2022-03-24 18:34 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-03-24 18:34 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] t7700: check post-condition in kept-pack test Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-03-24 18:58 ` Taylor Blau
2022-03-25 13:55 ` Derrick Stolee
2022-03-25 17:07 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-03-25 17:23 ` Derrick Stolee
2022-03-25 17:36 ` Taylor Blau
2022-03-25 18:22 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-03-24 18:34 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] test-lib-functions: fix test_subcommand_inexact Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-03-24 18:49 ` Taylor Blau
2022-03-24 20:48 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-03-25 14:03 ` Derrick Stolee
2022-03-25 17:25 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-03-25 19:02 ` [PATCH v3 0/2] " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-03-25 19:02 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] t7700: check post-condition in kept-pack test Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-03-25 19:02 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] test-lib-functions: remove test_subcommand_inexact Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-03-30 2:44 ` [PATCH v3 0/2] test-lib-functions: fix test_subcommand_inexact Taylor Blau
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