From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
To: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 7/7] t/README: Add a note about the dangers of coverage chasing
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:05:45 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100725160545.GA25169@burratino> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1280068861-17701-8-git-send-email-avarab@gmail.com>
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
> + Don't blindly follow test coverage metrics
Hmph, that is just common sense, while “you should really not be
paying any attention to your code while writing tests” is not. I even
prefer the text without this patch applied. So forget I said anything;
I can find a way to hint at that in t/README later. :)
Jonathan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-07-25 16:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-07-25 14:40 [PATCH v2 0/7] Detailed test coverage reports for Git Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-07-25 14:40 ` [PATCH v2 1/7] gitignore: Ignore files generated by "make coverage" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-07-25 16:37 ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-07-25 14:40 ` [PATCH v2 2/7] Makefile: Include subdirectories in "make cover" reports Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-07-25 17:02 ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-07-25 14:40 ` [PATCH v2 3/7] Makefile: Split out the untested functions target Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-07-25 14:40 ` [PATCH v2 4/7] Makefile: Add coverage-report-cover-db target Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-07-25 17:13 ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-07-25 14:40 ` [PATCH v2 5/7] Makefile: Add coverage-report-cover-db-html target Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-07-25 17:17 ` Jonathan Nieder
2010-07-25 14:41 ` [PATCH v2 6/7] t/README: A new section about test coverage Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-07-25 14:41 ` [PATCH v2 7/7] t/README: Add a note about the dangers of coverage chasing Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-07-25 16:05 ` Jonathan Nieder [this message]
2010-07-25 19:27 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-07-25 17:20 ` [PATCH v2 0/7] Detailed test coverage reports for Git Jonathan Nieder
2010-07-25 17:46 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-07-25 17:48 ` Jonathan Nieder
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