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From: Charvi Mendiratta <charvi077@gmail.com>
To: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Cc: Git List <git@vger.kernel.org>,
	Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
	Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>,
	Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>,
	Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>,
	Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>,
	20210217072904.16257-1-charvi077@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/6] t7500: add tests for --fixup=[amend|reword] options
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2021 13:13:04 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAPSFM5eskkpwB0gN-nr3KBeH31A+K3LRh50daHZ-xhR9EaQpug@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPig+cTVrcWm8pJvnkP4gnWE6B8SKHENjvbAR7Do0ury-ArnaA@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, 2 Mar 2021 at 11:13, Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Mar 1, 2021 at 3:50 AM Charvi Mendiratta <charvi077@gmail.com> wrote:
> > t7500: add tests for --fixup=[amend|reword] options
>
> It's usually preferable for tests and documentation updates to be
> bundled along with the patch which makes a particular change[1] rather
> than waiting until the very end of the series and adding tests and
> documentation covering all the changes made by patches earlier in the
> series. As a reviewer, it is much harder to tell if the late-added
> tests and documentation updates are comprehensive since it's difficult
> to keep in mind all the changes made by earlier patches.
>
> When reading earlier patches in this series, I questioned whether or
> not certain features of each patch were going to be covered by tests
> or documentation updates, but I couldn't tell because those updates
> weren't made at the same time as the change about which I was reading.
> For instance, when reading the implementation of `--fixup:reword`, I
> was wondering if the documentation was going to be updated to mention
> that it would ignore changes staged in the index and leave the index
> untouched, and I wondered if and hoped that tests would be added to
> verify that the index was indeed left untouched. Over the course of
> many patches, it can be difficult to keep track of all the accumulated
> questions, which makes it onerous to review the final patches adding
> the tests and documentation updates enmasse.
>
> I'm not necessarily suggesting that you re-roll merely to incorporate
> the tests and documentation updates into the patches to which they
> belong, but it's something to keep in mind for future submissions.
>
> FOOTNOTES
>
> [1]: Once in a while a patch introducing a change is so large on its
> own that it may make sense to split tests and documentation updates
> out to their own patches which immediately follow the patch to which
> they apply, but that's different from delaying _all_ tests and
> documentation updates and plopping them at the end of the series all
> crammed together.

Noted. Thanks for guiding, I will take care of it.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-03-04  0:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 95+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-03-01  8:45 [PATCH v3 0/6][Outreachy] commit: Implementation of "amend!" commit Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-01  8:45 ` [PATCH v3 1/6] sequencer: export subject_length() Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-01 20:25   ` Eric Sunshine
2021-03-03  6:26     ` Junio C Hamano
2021-03-03  7:35     ` Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-01  8:45 ` [PATCH v3 2/6] commit: add amend suboption to --fixup to create amend! commit Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-01 18:34   ` Junio C Hamano
2021-03-03  7:32     ` Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-01 22:15   ` Eric Sunshine
2021-03-01 22:32     ` Junio C Hamano
2021-03-01 22:47       ` Eric Sunshine
2021-03-03  7:42         ` Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-03  7:41       ` Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-03  7:57         ` Eric Sunshine
2021-03-03 19:21           ` Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-04  0:58           ` Junio C Hamano
2021-03-04  9:01             ` Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-03  7:37     ` Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-03  7:46       ` Eric Sunshine
2021-03-03 19:21         ` Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-01  8:45 ` [PATCH v3 3/6] commit: add a reword suboption to --fixup Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-01 18:41   ` Junio C Hamano
2021-03-03  7:33     ` Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-01 22:36   ` Eric Sunshine
2021-03-03  7:41     ` Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-01  8:45 ` [PATCH v3 4/6] t7500: add tests for --fixup=[amend|reword] options Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-02  5:43   ` Eric Sunshine
2021-03-03  6:28     ` Junio C Hamano
2021-03-03  7:43     ` Charvi Mendiratta [this message]
2021-03-01  8:45 ` [PATCH v3 5/6] t3437: use --fixup with options to create amend! commit Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-01  8:45 ` [PATCH v3 6/6] doc/git-commit: add documentation for fixup=[amend|reword] options Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-01 18:44   ` Junio C Hamano
2021-03-03  7:33     ` Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-02  6:39   ` Eric Sunshine
2021-03-03  7:43     ` Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-03  8:18       ` Eric Sunshine
2021-03-03 19:22         ` Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-04  1:05         ` Junio C Hamano
2021-03-04  9:00           ` Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-04 22:18             ` Junio C Hamano
2021-03-05  6:14               ` Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-05 18:25                 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-03-06  4:13                   ` Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-06  6:11                     ` Eric Sunshine
2021-03-01 18:45 ` [PATCH v3 0/6][Outreachy] commit: Implementation of "amend!" commit Junio C Hamano
2021-03-03  7:33   ` Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-10 19:43 ` [PATCH v4 " Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-11  8:06   ` Eric Sunshine
2021-03-11 15:24     ` Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-13 13:40   ` [PATCH v5 " Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-13 13:40   ` [PATCH v5 1/6] sequencer: export and rename subject_length() Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-13 13:40   ` [PATCH v5 2/6] commit: add amend suboption to --fixup to create amend! commit Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-14  1:32     ` Eric Sunshine
2021-03-13 13:40   ` [PATCH v5 3/6] commit: add a reword suboption to --fixup Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-13 13:40   ` [PATCH v5 4/6] t7500: add tests for --fixup=[amend|reword] options Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-13 13:40   ` [PATCH v5 5/6] t3437: use --fixup with options to create amend! commit Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-13 13:40   ` [PATCH v5 6/6] doc/git-commit: add documentation for fixup=[amend|reword] options Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-14  1:10     ` Eric Sunshine
2021-03-14 13:57       ` Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-15  7:54   ` [PATCH v6 0/6][Outreachy] commit: Implementation of "amend!" commit Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-19  0:52     ` Junio C Hamano
2021-03-19  3:16       ` Eric Sunshine
2021-03-19 14:10         ` Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-15  7:54   ` [PATCH v6 1/6] sequencer: export and rename subject_length() Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-15  7:54   ` [PATCH v6 2/6] commit: add amend suboption to --fixup to create amend! commit Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-15  7:54   ` [PATCH v6 3/6] commit: add a reword suboption to --fixup Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-15  7:54   ` [PATCH v6 4/6] t7500: add tests for --fixup=[amend|reword] options Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-15  7:54   ` [PATCH v6 5/6] t3437: use --fixup with options to create amend! commit Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-15  7:54   ` [PATCH v6 6/6] doc/git-commit: add documentation for fixup=[amend|reword] options Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-10 19:43 ` [PATCH v4 1/6] sequencer: export and rename subject_length() Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-10 19:43 ` [PATCH v4 2/6] commit: add amend suboption to --fixup to create amend! commit Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-11  6:25   ` Eric Sunshine
2021-03-11 15:24     ` Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-11 17:07       ` Eric Sunshine
2021-03-11 17:51         ` Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-14  2:25         ` Junio C Hamano
2021-03-14 13:58           ` Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-14 22:43             ` Junio C Hamano
2021-03-14 23:07               ` Eric Sunshine
2021-03-15  7:59                 ` Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-15  8:16                   ` Eric Sunshine
2021-03-15  9:35                     ` Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-10 19:43 ` [PATCH v4 3/6] commit: add a reword suboption to --fixup Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-11  0:31   ` Junio C Hamano
2021-03-11  4:01     ` Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-11  5:37       ` Junio C Hamano
2021-03-11  6:37         ` Eric Sunshine
2021-03-11 15:23         ` Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-10 19:43 ` [PATCH v4 4/6] t7500: add tests for --fixup=[amend|reword] options Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-10 19:43 ` [PATCH v4 5/6] t3437: use --fixup with options to create amend! commit Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-10 19:43 ` [PATCH v4 6/6] doc/git-commit: add documentation for fixup=[amend|reword] options Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-11  0:30   ` Junio C Hamano
2021-03-11  4:02     ` Charvi Mendiratta
2021-03-11  7:48   ` Eric Sunshine
2021-03-11 15:24     ` Charvi Mendiratta

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