From: Matheus Tavares Bernardino <matheus.bernardino@usp.br>
To: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Cc: Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>,
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>,
Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/5] t/helper/test-config: return exit codes consistently
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2020 01:36:46 -0300
Message-ID: <CAHd-oW7x+A8ZmW-2XUkCcN2T=m_mHQMvfH7GCW58Q49OHgVZJQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CABPp-BHTmYy=AtXoCLG-xXQ_0EZ7=3xiMibkNMDLzsKCnHBoFw@mail.gmail.com>
On Sat, May 30, 2020 at 11:29 AM Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 6:13 PM Matheus Tavares
> <matheus.bernardino@usp.br> wrote:
> >
> > The test-config helper may exit with a variety of at least four
> > different codes, to reflect the status of the requested operations.
> > These codes are sometimes checked in the tests, but not all of the codes
> > are returned consistently by the helper: 1 will usually refer to a
> > "value not found", but usage errors can also return 1 or 128. The latter
>
> I'm not sure what "The latter" refers to here.
It would be the 128 exit code. I'll try to reword that for clarity.
> > is also expected on errors within the configset functions. These
> > inconsistent uses of the exit codes can lead to false positives in the
> > tests. Although all tests that currently check the helper's exit code,
> > on errors, do also check the output, it's still better to standardize
> > the exit codes and avoid future problems in new tests. While we are
>
> That last sentence was slightly hard for me to parse. Maybe something like:
>
> ...Although all tests which expect errors and check the helper's exit
> code currently also check the output, it's still better...
Sounds better, I will use that for the next version. Thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-06-01 4:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 120+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-03-24 6:04 [RFC PATCH 0/3] grep: honor sparse checkout and add option to ignore it Matheus Tavares
2020-03-24 6:11 ` [RFC PATCH 1/3] doc: grep: unify info on configuration variables Matheus Tavares
2020-03-24 7:57 ` Elijah Newren
2020-03-24 21:26 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-03-24 23:38 ` Matheus Tavares
2020-03-24 6:12 ` [RFC PATCH 2/3] grep: honor sparse checkout patterns Matheus Tavares
2020-03-24 7:15 ` Elijah Newren
2020-03-24 15:12 ` Derrick Stolee
2020-03-24 16:16 ` Elijah Newren
2020-03-24 17:02 ` Derrick Stolee
2020-03-24 23:01 ` Matheus Tavares Bernardino
2020-03-24 22:55 ` Matheus Tavares Bernardino
2020-04-21 2:10 ` Matheus Tavares Bernardino
2020-04-21 3:08 ` Elijah Newren
2020-04-22 12:08 ` Derrick Stolee
2020-04-23 6:09 ` Matheus Tavares Bernardino
2020-03-24 6:13 ` [RFC PATCH 3/3] grep: add option to ignore sparsity patterns Matheus Tavares
2020-03-24 7:54 ` Elijah Newren
2020-03-24 18:30 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-03-24 19:07 ` Elijah Newren
2020-03-25 20:18 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-03-30 3:23 ` Matheus Tavares Bernardino
2020-03-31 19:12 ` Elijah Newren
2020-03-31 20:02 ` Derrick Stolee
2020-04-27 17:15 ` Matheus Tavares Bernardino
2020-04-29 16:46 ` Elijah Newren
2020-04-29 17:21 ` Elijah Newren
2020-03-25 23:15 ` Matheus Tavares Bernardino
2020-03-26 6:02 ` Elijah Newren
2020-03-27 15:51 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-03-27 19:01 ` Elijah Newren
2020-03-30 1:12 ` Matheus Tavares Bernardino
2020-03-31 16:48 ` Elijah Newren
2020-05-10 0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 0/4] grep: honor sparse checkout and add option to ignore it Matheus Tavares
2020-05-10 0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 1/4] doc: grep: unify info on configuration variables Matheus Tavares
2020-05-10 0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 2/4] config: load the correct config.worktree file Matheus Tavares
2020-05-11 19:10 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-05-12 22:55 ` Matheus Tavares Bernardino
2020-05-12 23:22 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-05-10 0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 3/4] grep: honor sparse checkout patterns Matheus Tavares
2020-05-11 19:35 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-05-13 0:05 ` Matheus Tavares Bernardino
2020-05-13 0:17 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-05-21 7:26 ` Elijah Newren
2020-05-21 17:35 ` Matheus Tavares Bernardino
2020-05-21 17:52 ` Elijah Newren
2020-05-22 5:49 ` Matheus Tavares Bernardino
2020-05-22 14:26 ` Elijah Newren
2020-05-22 15:36 ` Elijah Newren
2020-05-22 20:54 ` Matheus Tavares Bernardino
2020-05-22 21:06 ` Elijah Newren
2020-06-10 11:40 ` Derrick Stolee
2020-06-10 16:22 ` Matheus Tavares Bernardino
2020-06-10 17:42 ` Derrick Stolee
2020-06-10 18:14 ` Matheus Tavares Bernardino
2020-06-10 20:12 ` Elijah Newren
2020-06-10 19:58 ` Elijah Newren
2020-05-21 7:36 ` Elijah Newren
2020-05-10 0:41 ` [RFC PATCH v2 4/4] config: add setting to ignore sparsity patterns in some cmds Matheus Tavares
2020-05-10 4:23 ` Matheus Tavares Bernardino
2020-05-21 17:18 ` Elijah Newren
2020-05-21 7:09 ` Elijah Newren
2020-05-28 1:12 ` [PATCH v3 0/5] grep: honor sparse checkout and add option to ignore it Matheus Tavares
2020-05-28 1:12 ` [PATCH v3 1/5] doc: grep: unify info on configuration variables Matheus Tavares
2020-05-28 1:13 ` [PATCH v3 2/5] t/helper/test-config: return exit codes consistently Matheus Tavares
2020-05-30 14:29 ` Elijah Newren
2020-06-01 4:36 ` Matheus Tavares Bernardino [this message]
2020-05-28 1:13 ` [PATCH v3 3/5] config: correctly read worktree configs in submodules Matheus Tavares
2020-05-30 14:49 ` Elijah Newren
2020-06-01 4:38 ` Matheus Tavares Bernardino
2020-05-28 1:13 ` [PATCH v3 4/5] grep: honor sparse checkout patterns Matheus Tavares
2020-05-30 15:48 ` Elijah Newren
2020-06-01 4:44 ` Matheus Tavares Bernardino
2020-06-03 2:38 ` Elijah Newren
2020-06-10 17:08 ` Matheus Tavares Bernardino
2020-05-28 1:13 ` [PATCH v3 5/5] config: add setting to ignore sparsity patterns in some cmds Matheus Tavares
2020-05-30 16:18 ` Elijah Newren
2020-06-01 4:45 ` Matheus Tavares Bernardino
2020-06-03 2:39 ` Elijah Newren
2020-06-10 21:15 ` Matheus Tavares Bernardino
2020-06-11 0:35 ` Elijah Newren
2020-06-12 15:44 ` [PATCH v4 0/6] grep: honor sparse checkout and add option to ignore it Matheus Tavares
2020-06-12 15:44 ` [PATCH v4 1/6] doc: grep: unify info on configuration variables Matheus Tavares
2020-06-12 15:45 ` [PATCH v4 2/6] t/helper/test-config: return exit codes consistently Matheus Tavares
2020-06-12 15:45 ` [PATCH v4 3/6] t/helper/test-config: facilitate addition of new cli options Matheus Tavares
2020-06-12 15:45 ` [PATCH v4 4/6] config: correctly read worktree configs in submodules Matheus Tavares
2020-06-16 19:13 ` Elijah Newren
2020-06-21 16:05 ` Matheus Tavares Bernardino
2020-09-01 2:41 ` Jonathan Nieder
2020-09-01 21:44 ` Matheus Tavares Bernardino
2020-06-12 15:45 ` [PATCH v4 5/6] grep: honor sparse checkout patterns Matheus Tavares
2020-06-12 15:45 ` [PATCH v4 6/6] config: add setting to ignore sparsity patterns in some cmds Matheus Tavares
2020-06-16 22:31 ` [PATCH v4 0/6] grep: honor sparse checkout and add option to ignore it Elijah Newren
2020-09-02 6:17 ` [PATCH v5 0/8] " Matheus Tavares
2020-09-02 6:17 ` [PATCH v5 1/8] doc: grep: unify info on configuration variables Matheus Tavares
2020-09-02 6:17 ` [PATCH v5 2/8] t1308-config-set: avoid false positives when using test-config Matheus Tavares
2020-09-02 6:57 ` Eric Sunshine
2020-09-02 16:16 ` Matheus Tavares Bernardino
2020-09-02 16:38 ` Eric Sunshine
2020-09-02 6:17 ` [PATCH v5 3/8] t/helper/test-config: be consistent with exit codes Matheus Tavares
2020-09-02 6:17 ` [PATCH v5 4/8] t/helper/test-config: check argc before accessing argv Matheus Tavares
2020-09-02 7:18 ` Eric Sunshine
2020-09-02 6:17 ` [PATCH v5 5/8] t/helper/test-config: unify exit labels Matheus Tavares
2020-09-02 7:30 ` Eric Sunshine
2020-09-02 6:17 ` [PATCH v5 6/8] config: correctly read worktree configs in submodules Matheus Tavares
2020-09-02 20:15 ` Jonathan Nieder
2020-09-09 13:04 ` Matheus Tavares Bernardino
2020-09-09 23:32 ` Jonathan Nieder
2020-09-02 6:17 ` [PATCH v5 7/8] grep: honor sparse checkout patterns Matheus Tavares
2020-09-02 6:17 ` [PATCH v5 8/8] config: add setting to ignore sparsity patterns in some cmds Matheus Tavares
2020-09-10 17:21 ` [PATCH v6 0/9] grep: honor sparse checkout and add option to ignore it Matheus Tavares
2020-09-10 17:21 ` [PATCH v6 1/9] doc: grep: unify info on configuration variables Matheus Tavares
2020-09-10 17:21 ` [PATCH v6 2/9] t1308-config-set: avoid false positives when using test-config Matheus Tavares
2020-09-10 17:21 ` [PATCH v6 3/9] t/helper/test-config: be consistent with exit codes Matheus Tavares
2020-09-10 17:21 ` [PATCH v6 4/9] t/helper/test-config: diagnose missing arguments Matheus Tavares
2020-09-10 17:21 ` [PATCH v6 5/9] t/helper/test-config: unify exit labels Matheus Tavares
2020-09-10 17:21 ` [PATCH v6 6/9] config: make do_git_config_sequence receive a 'struct repository' Matheus Tavares
2020-09-10 17:21 ` [PATCH v6 7/9] config: correctly read worktree configs in submodules Matheus Tavares
2020-09-10 17:21 ` [PATCH v6 8/9] grep: honor sparse checkout patterns Matheus Tavares
2020-09-10 17:21 ` [PATCH v6 9/9] config: add setting to ignore sparsity patterns in some cmds Matheus Tavares
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