From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Cc: "D. Ben Knoble" <ben.knoble+github@gmail.com>,
Noah Pendleton <noah.pendleton@gmail.com>,
Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>,
Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>,
Thranur Andul <thranur@gmail.com>,
Michael Grosser <grosser.michael@gmail.com>,
Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>,
git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] t7500: fix tests with absolute path following ":(optional)" on Windows
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2025 09:17:07 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqh5vt1rb0.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6a83c7d1-7cd4-432e-a0ab-7b18ce3af08d@kdbg.org> (Johannes Sixt's message of "Mon, 20 Oct 2025 11:40:08 +0200")
Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> writes:
> Existing test cases that expect that the specified file does not exist
> are not incorrect (after all, git.exe will not find /c/dir/template).
> Yet, they are conceptually incorrect.
Wow, if I am counting correctly, the oldest one is from July 2007,
and we have been running these tests without anybody noticing?
That's just ... wow.
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
> ---
> It's pure coincidence that I had a closer look at t7500 today.
Thanks, will queue.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-10-20 16:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 51+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-08-07 20:27 [PATCH 0/1] blame: Skip missing ignore-revs file Noah Pendleton
2021-08-07 20:58 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-08-07 21:34 ` Noah Pendleton
2021-08-08 5:43 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-08-08 17:50 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-08-08 18:21 ` Noah Pendleton
2021-08-09 15:47 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-10-14 20:44 ` [PATCH 0/3] specifying a file that can optionally exist Junio C Hamano
2024-10-14 20:44 ` [PATCH 1/3] t7500: make each piece more independent Junio C Hamano
2024-10-14 20:44 ` [PATCH 2/3] config: values of pathname type can be prefixed with :(optional) Junio C Hamano
2024-10-14 20:44 ` [PATCH 3/3] parseopt: " Junio C Hamano
2025-05-01 21:40 ` [PATCH 0/3] specifying a file that can optionally exist Junio C Hamano
2025-05-01 21:40 ` [PATCH 1/3] t7500: make each piece more independent Junio C Hamano
2025-05-01 21:40 ` [PATCH 2/3] config: values of pathname type can be prefixed with :(optional) Junio C Hamano
2025-05-02 8:52 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-05-02 14:28 ` Phillip Wood
2025-05-02 20:05 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-05-01 21:40 ` [PATCH 3/3] parseopt: " Junio C Hamano
2025-09-28 21:29 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] Support :(optional) filepaths D. Ben Knoble
2025-09-28 21:29 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] t7500: make each piece more independent D. Ben Knoble
2025-09-28 21:29 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] config: values of pathname type can be prefixed with :(optional) D. Ben Knoble
2025-09-30 15:26 ` Phillip Wood
2025-10-06 19:00 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-10-06 19:59 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-10-06 20:21 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-10-06 20:22 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-10-07 12:24 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2025-10-07 17:04 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-11-02 16:20 ` D. Ben Knoble
2025-09-28 21:29 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] parseopt: " D. Ben Knoble
2025-09-30 15:26 ` Phillip Wood
2025-11-02 16:20 ` D. Ben Knoble
2025-11-03 0:10 ` Eric Sunshine
2025-11-04 18:22 ` D. Ben Knoble
2025-09-28 22:40 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] Support :(optional) filepaths Junio C Hamano
2025-09-29 16:42 ` Ben Knoble
2025-10-20 9:40 ` [PATCH] t7500: fix tests with absolute path following ":(optional)" on Windows Johannes Sixt
2025-10-20 13:43 ` Ben Knoble
2025-10-20 17:32 ` Johannes Sixt
2025-10-20 18:06 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-10-20 20:27 ` D. Ben Knoble
2025-10-20 20:27 ` D. Ben Knoble
2025-10-20 17:39 ` Eric Sunshine
2025-10-20 16:17 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2025-10-20 17:24 ` Johannes Sixt
2022-03-04 9:51 ` [PATCH 0/1] blame: Skip missing ignore-revs file Thranur Andul
2021-08-08 17:48 ` [PATCH v2] blame: add config `blame.ignoreRevsFileIsOptional` Noah Pendleton
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2025-04-25 18:41 Feature request: automatically read .git-blame-ignore-revs or allow global optional config Michael Grosser
2025-04-25 19:54 ` Eric Sunshine
2025-05-01 18:00 ` D. Ben Knoble
2025-05-01 18:28 ` Eric Sunshine
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