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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Cc: "Đoàn Trần Công Danh" <congdanhqx@gmail.com>,
	"Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>,
	"Git Mailing List" <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/9] t/: new helper for tests that pass with ort but fail with recursive
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2020 10:43:18 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq3620g9xl.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CABPp-BEmJA92tDymypgJqGmi=eMsvU+eP=KeTKvKcJEvFVztEA@mail.gmail.com> (Elijah Newren's message of "Mon, 26 Oct 2020 07:56:59 -0700")

Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com> writes:

>> When I wrote the patch, I was expecting something like
>>
>>         test_expect_merge_success recursive=failure,other=failure ...
>>
>> in order to merge all algorithm into single parameters.
>>
>> How about something like:
>>
>>         test_expect_merge_success exception=recursive,other ...
>>
>> Not that we have "other" algorithm to begin with.
>
> Sure, sounds great.  I wouldn't spend any time trying to make it work
> with a 3rd backend, though.

Yup.  I'd appreciate if the lines become a bit shorter while at it,
though.

    test_merge_both [<exception>] '<title>' '
	<body>
    '

that expects success unless otherwise told, and <exception> like
"failure=recursive" can be used to tell us to expect differently,
would work well?

  reply	other threads:[~2020-10-26 17:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-10-23 16:01 [PATCH 0/9] Support both merge backends in the testsuite, via environment variable Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2020-10-23 16:01 ` [PATCH 1/9] t/: new helper for tests that pass with ort but fail with recursive Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2020-10-23 16:48   ` Junio C Hamano
2020-10-23 17:25     ` Elijah Newren
2020-10-23 18:27       ` Elijah Newren
2020-10-24 10:49   ` Đoàn Trần Công Danh
2020-10-24 16:53     ` Elijah Newren
2020-10-25 13:49       ` Đoàn Trần Công Danh
2020-10-26 14:56         ` Elijah Newren
2020-10-26 17:43           ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2020-10-23 16:01 ` [PATCH 2/9] merge tests: expect improved directory/file conflict handling in ort Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2020-10-23 17:40   ` Elijah Newren
2020-10-23 16:01 ` [PATCH 3/9] t6416: correct expectation for rename/rename(1to2) + directory/file Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2020-10-23 16:01 ` [PATCH 4/9] t6404, t6423: expect improved rename/delete handling in ort backend Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2020-10-23 16:01 ` [PATCH 5/9] t6423: expect improved conflict markers labels in the " Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2020-10-23 16:01 ` [PATCH 6/9] merge tests: expect slight differences in output for recursive vs. ort Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2020-10-24 16:06   ` Elijah Newren
2020-10-23 16:01 ` [PATCH 7/9] t6423, t6436: note improved ort handling with dirty files Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2020-10-23 16:01 ` [PATCH 8/9] t6423: note improved ort handling with untracked files Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2020-10-23 16:01 ` [PATCH 9/9] t6423: add more details about direct resolution of directories Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2020-10-23 20:12   ` Elijah Newren
2020-10-26 17:01 ` [PATCH v2 0/9] Support both merge backends in the testsuite, via environment variable Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2020-10-26 17:01   ` [PATCH v2 1/9] t/: new helper for tests that pass with ort but fail with recursive Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2020-10-26 17:01   ` [PATCH v2 2/9] merge tests: expect improved directory/file conflict handling in ort Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2020-10-26 17:01   ` [PATCH v2 3/9] t6416: correct expectation for rename/rename(1to2) + directory/file Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2020-10-26 17:01   ` [PATCH v2 4/9] t6404, t6423: expect improved rename/delete handling in ort backend Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2020-10-26 17:01   ` [PATCH v2 5/9] t6423: expect improved conflict markers labels in the " Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2020-10-26 17:01   ` [PATCH v2 6/9] merge tests: expect slight differences in output for recursive vs. ort Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2020-10-26 17:01   ` [PATCH v2 7/9] t6423, t6436: note improved ort handling with dirty files Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2020-10-26 17:01   ` [PATCH v2 8/9] t6423: note improved ort handling with untracked files Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2020-10-26 17:01   ` [PATCH v2 9/9] t6423: add more details about direct resolution of directories Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget

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