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From: Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com>
To: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Cc: Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/16] t2018: don't lose return code of git commands
Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2020 03:48:40 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200101084840.GC5152@generichostname> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPig+cQmO2W7kcqWZwrSsC7-vkk_UVcC5NktY+0dddcyaegr6Q@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Eric,

On Fri, Dec 27, 2019 at 04:42:53PM -0500, Eric Sunshine wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 27, 2019 at 8:48 AM Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com> wrote:
> > We had some git commands wrapped in non-assignment command substitutions
> > which would result in their return codes to be lost. Rewrite these
> > instances so that their return codes are now checked.
> 
> Try writing your commit messages in imperative mood:
> 
>     Fix invocations of Git commands so their exit codes are not lost
>     within command substitutions...
> 
> or something. Same comment about several other commit messages in this series.

I thought that the preferred form of commit messages is to introduce the
problem that I'm trying to solve first ("We had some git commands losing
return codes") then, after that, describe the changes I made in
imperative mood ("Rewrite these instances..."). From what I can tell,
all of my commit messages conform to this template.

I'd prefer to keep the "problem statement" introduction in my commit
messages as it primes readers so they know "why" before "what" but I
can't think of any way to phrase the "problem statement" part in a way
that sounds good without resorting to past tense. Any suggestions?

> 
> More below...
> 
> > Signed-off-by: Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com>
> > ---
> > diff --git a/t/t2018-checkout-branch.sh b/t/t2018-checkout-branch.sh
> > @@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ do_checkout () {
> >         # if <sha> is not specified, use HEAD.
> > -       exp_sha=${2:-$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD)} &&
> > +       head=$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD) &&
> > +       exp_sha=${2:-$head} &&
> 
> Are you sure this transformation is needed? In my tests, the exit code
> of the Git command is not lost.

Thanks for double checking, it's not needed. I'll drop this in my next
reroll.

  reply	other threads:[~2020-01-01  8:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 54+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-12-27 13:47 [PATCH 00/16] t: replace incorrect test_must_fail usage (part 2) Denton Liu
2019-12-27 13:47 ` [PATCH 01/16] t2018: remove trailing space from test description Denton Liu
2019-12-27 13:47 ` [PATCH 02/16] t2018: add space between function name and () Denton Liu
2019-12-27 21:03   ` Eric Sunshine
2019-12-27 13:47 ` [PATCH 03/16] t2018: use test_must_fail for failing git commands Denton Liu
2019-12-28  7:55   ` Eric Sunshine
2019-12-30 20:30   ` Jakub Narebski
2019-12-27 13:47 ` [PATCH 04/16] t2018: teach do_checkout() to accept `!` arg Denton Liu
2019-12-28  8:34   ` Eric Sunshine
2019-12-27 13:47 ` [PATCH 05/16] t2018: don't lose return code of git commands Denton Liu
2019-12-27 21:42   ` Eric Sunshine
2020-01-01  8:48     ` Denton Liu [this message]
2020-01-01  9:21       ` Eric Sunshine
2020-01-02 18:26       ` Junio C Hamano
2019-12-27 13:47 ` [PATCH 06/16] t2018: replace "sha" with "oid" Denton Liu
2019-12-27 13:47 ` [PATCH 07/16] t3030: use test_path_is_missing() Denton Liu
2019-12-27 13:47 ` [PATCH 08/16] t3310: extract common no_notes_merge_left() Denton Liu
2019-12-28  7:20   ` Eric Sunshine
2019-12-30 20:38     ` Jakub Narebski
2019-12-27 13:47 ` [PATCH 09/16] t3415: stop losing return codes of git commands Denton Liu
2019-12-27 13:47 ` [PATCH 10/16] t3415: increase granularity of test_auto_{fixup,squash}() Denton Liu
2019-12-27 13:47 ` [PATCH 11/16] t3419: stop losing return code of git command Denton Liu
2019-12-27 13:47 ` [PATCH 12/16] t3504: don't use `test_must_fail test_cmp` Denton Liu
2019-12-27 20:39   ` Johannes Sixt
2019-12-27 22:48     ` Junio C Hamano
2019-12-27 13:47 ` [PATCH 13/16] t3507: fix indentation Denton Liu
2019-12-27 13:47 ` [PATCH 14/16] t3507: use test_path_is_missing() Denton Liu
2019-12-27 13:47 ` [PATCH 15/16] t4124: only mark git command with test_must_fail Denton Liu
2019-12-27 13:47 ` [PATCH 16/16] t4124: let sed open its own files Denton Liu
2019-12-30 22:52   ` Jakub Narebski
2019-12-30 23:27     ` Junio C Hamano
2020-01-01  8:24       ` Denton Liu
2020-01-01  8:33         ` Eric Sunshine
2020-01-01  8:53           ` Denton Liu
2020-01-07  4:52 ` [PATCH v2 00/16] t: replace incorrect test_must_fail usage (part 2) Denton Liu
2020-01-07  4:52   ` [PATCH v2 01/16] t2018: remove trailing space from test description Denton Liu
2020-01-07  4:52   ` [PATCH v2 02/16] t2018: add space between function name and () Denton Liu
2020-01-07  4:53   ` [PATCH v2 03/16] t2018: improve style of if-statement Denton Liu
2020-01-07  4:53   ` [PATCH v2 04/16] t2018: use test_expect_code for failing git commands Denton Liu
2020-01-12 10:50     ` Eric Sunshine
2020-01-26 20:23     ` [PATCH v3] t2018: be more discerning when checking for expected exit codes Denton Liu
2020-01-07  4:53   ` [PATCH v2 05/16] t2018: teach do_checkout() to accept `!` arg Denton Liu
2020-01-07  4:53   ` [PATCH v2 06/16] t2018: don't lose return code of git commands Denton Liu
2020-01-07  4:53   ` [PATCH v2 07/16] t2018: replace "sha" with "oid" Denton Liu
2020-01-07  4:53   ` [PATCH v2 08/16] t3030: use test_path_is_missing() Denton Liu
2020-01-07  4:53   ` [PATCH v2 09/16] t3310: extract common notes_merge_files_gone() Denton Liu
2020-01-07  4:53   ` [PATCH v2 10/16] t3415: stop losing return codes of git commands Denton Liu
2020-01-07  4:53   ` [PATCH v2 11/16] t3415: increase granularity of test_auto_{fixup,squash}() Denton Liu
2020-01-07  4:53   ` [PATCH v2 12/16] t3419: stop losing return code of git command Denton Liu
2020-01-07  4:53   ` [PATCH v2 13/16] t3504: do check for conflict marker after failed cherry-pick Denton Liu
2020-01-07  4:53   ` [PATCH v2 14/16] t3507: fix indentation Denton Liu
2020-01-07  4:53   ` [PATCH v2 15/16] t3507: use test_path_is_missing() Denton Liu
2020-01-07  4:53   ` [PATCH v2 16/16] t4124: only mark git command with test_must_fail Denton Liu
2020-01-10 21:45   ` [PATCH v2 00/16] t: replace incorrect test_must_fail usage (part 2) Eric Sunshine

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