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From: Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
To: Libor Pechacek <lpechacek@suse.cz>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Disallow empty section and variable names
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 10:29:45 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D468109.8020409@viscovery.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110131091728.GB24297@fm.suse.cz>

Am 1/31/2011 10:17, schrieb Libor Pechacek:
> On Mon 31-01-11 08:48:31, Johannes Sixt wrote:
>> Am 1/30/2011 21:34, schrieb Libor Pechacek:
>>> +	test_must_fail git config . &&
>>> +	test_must_fail git config .foo &&
>>> +	test_must_fail git config foo. &&
>>> +	test_must_fail git config .foo. &&
>>
>> Not a nit: These tests only show that 'git config' cannot be asked for
>> junk, but they do not show that you cannot insert junk into the config
>> file anymore using 'git config'.
> 
> This change builds on top of "Sanity-check config variable names" which makes
> setting and getting values use the same key checking routine.  For the moment,
> it does not matter if we test the "set" ot "get" path.

The purpose of tests is not to check the implementation, but the
observable behavior. Therefore, you want to write a test case to make sure
that neither usage is broken by future changes.

-- Hannes

  reply	other threads:[~2011-01-31  9:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-01-08 14:46 git-config does not check validity of variable names Libor Pechacek
2011-01-11  5:59 ` Jeff King
2011-01-19 10:01   ` Libor Pechacek
2011-01-19 14:11     ` [PATCH] Sanity-ckeck config " Libor Pechacek
2011-01-20 23:22       ` Jeff King
2011-01-21  0:06         ` Jeff King
2011-01-19 14:14     ` [PATCH] Documentation fixes in git-config Libor Pechacek
2011-01-21  0:27       ` Jeff King
2011-01-21 10:20         ` Libor Pechacek
2011-01-21 10:25           ` [PATCH v2] " Libor Pechacek
2011-01-21 16:25             ` Jeff King
2011-01-23 19:46               ` Libor Pechacek
2012-03-01  8:19             ` [PATCH v3] " Libor Pechacek
2012-03-01  9:08               ` Jeff King
2012-03-01 10:54                 ` Libor Pechacek
2012-03-01 16:24                 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-03-01 10:59               ` [PATCH v4] " Libor Pechacek
2011-01-21 10:02 ` [PATCH] Sanity-ckeck config variable names Libor Pechacek
2011-01-21 10:23   ` [PATCH v2] " Libor Pechacek
2011-01-21 16:23     ` Jeff King
2011-01-27 14:28       ` [PATCH v3] Sanity-check " Libor Pechacek
2011-01-27 22:45         ` Junio C Hamano
2011-01-28 14:53           ` Libor Pechacek
2011-01-30 19:40             ` [PATCH v4] " Libor Pechacek
2011-02-10 22:49               ` Junio C Hamano
2011-02-11 18:52                 ` Libor Pechacek
2011-01-27 14:52 ` [PATCH] Disallow empty section and " Libor Pechacek
2011-01-30 20:34   ` [PATCH v2] " Libor Pechacek
2011-01-31  7:48     ` Johannes Sixt
2011-01-31  9:17       ` Libor Pechacek
2011-01-31  9:29         ` Johannes Sixt [this message]
2011-01-31 13:08           ` [PATCH v3] " Libor Pechacek
2011-01-31 16:48             ` Jens Lehmann
2011-02-01  7:13               ` [PATCH v4] " Libor Pechacek
2011-02-10 22:49                 ` Junio C Hamano

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