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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: "brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Cc: Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>,
	git@vger.kernel.org, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>,
	Emily Shaffer <emilyshaffer@google.com>,
	Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>,
	Jeff King <peff@peff.net>,
	Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@github.com>,
	Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] t1300: test "set all" mode with value_regex
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2020 18:33:42 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq8sawvjsp.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201120020924.GF389879@camp.crustytoothpaste.net> (brian m. carlson's message of "Fri, 20 Nov 2020 02:09:24 +0000")

"brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> writes:

> On 2020-11-19 at 22:24:33, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> "Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:
>> 
>> > +test_expect_success 'set all config with value_regex' '
>> > +	q_to_tab >initial <<-\EOF &&
>> > +	[abc]
>> > +	Qkey = one
>> > +	EOF
>> > +
>> > +	cp initial .git/config &&
>> 
>> Not a new problem with this patch, but does the above pattern
>> introduce potential problems?  I am wondering if overwriting the
>> config file with a little piece that has only the stuff the test is
>> interested in, while wiping the parts that may be essential for
>> repository integrity (e.g. "extensions.objectFormat"), is OK in the
>> long run (brian cc'ed for his sha256 work).  There also are
>> autodetected crlf settings etc. that are in the .git/config when a
>> test repository is created, and we probably would want to keep them
>> intact.
>
> I haven't looked at the code, but if you're just using git config in a
> test, then overwriting the config file shouldn't be a problem with
> SHA-256.  If you're trying to read or write objects or the index, then
> that's definitely a problem, and you'll definitely notice exciting
> failures if you do that.

Yes, that is exactly what worries me.

And I was trolling for ideas from those on cc: list to come up with
a better convention to test the behaviour of "git config".  I think
taking "git config --list [--file FILE]" before and after the ops of
interest and basing the good/bad decision on the difference would be
a saner approach.  It obviously relies on "git config --list" to be
working correctly, which the current approach that uses hardcoded
"initial" state and expects result that is byte-for-byte identical
to a hardcoded file contents after the ops does not have to rely on,
but at the same time, the current approach assumes too much on the
actual file format (e.g. no user or script would care how "key =
val" line is indented, but the current approach insists that they
are indented exactly with one tab), so overall it may even be an
improvement.

Thanks.




  reply	other threads:[~2020-11-20  2:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 72+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-11-19 15:52 [PATCH 0/7] config: add --literal-value option Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-19 15:52 ` [PATCH 1/7] t1300: test "set all" mode with value_regex Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-19 22:24   ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-20  2:09     ` brian m. carlson
2020-11-20  2:33       ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2020-11-20 18:39     ` Jeff King
2020-11-20 22:35       ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-21 22:27       ` brian m. carlson
2020-11-22  3:31         ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-24  2:38           ` Jeff King
2020-11-24 19:43             ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-19 15:52 ` [PATCH 2/7] t1300: add test for --replace-all " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-19 15:52 ` [PATCH 3/7] config: convert multi_replace to flags Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-19 22:32   ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-19 15:52 ` [PATCH 4/7] config: add --literal-value option, un-implemented Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-19 22:42   ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-20  6:35   ` Martin Ågren
2020-11-19 15:52 ` [PATCH 5/7] config: plumb --literal-value into config API Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-19 22:45   ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-19 15:52 ` [PATCH 6/7] config: implement --literal-value with --get* Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-19 15:52 ` [PATCH 7/7] maintenance: use 'git config --literal-value' Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-19 23:17   ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-20 13:19 ` [PATCH 0/7] config: add --literal-value option Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2020-11-20 13:23   ` Derrick Stolee
2020-11-20 18:30     ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-20 18:51       ` Derrick Stolee
2020-11-20 21:52         ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-24 12:35     ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2020-11-23 16:05 ` [PATCH v2 0/7] config: add --fixed-value option Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-23 16:05   ` [PATCH v2 1/7] t1300: test "set all" mode with value_regex Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-23 19:37     ` Emily Shaffer
2020-11-23 16:05   ` [PATCH v2 2/7] t1300: add test for --replace-all " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-23 19:40     ` Emily Shaffer
2020-11-23 16:05   ` [PATCH v2 3/7] config: convert multi_replace to flags Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-23 21:43     ` Emily Shaffer
2020-11-23 16:05   ` [PATCH v2 4/7] config: add --fixed-value option, un-implemented Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-23 19:37     ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-23 21:51     ` Emily Shaffer
2020-11-23 22:41       ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-25 14:08         ` Derrick Stolee
2020-11-25 17:22           ` Derrick Stolee
2020-11-25 17:28           ` Eric Sunshine
2020-11-25 19:30             ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-25 19:29           ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-23 16:05   ` [PATCH v2 5/7] config: plumb --fixed-value into config API Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-23 22:21     ` Emily Shaffer
2020-11-24  0:52       ` Eric Sunshine
2020-11-25 15:41       ` Derrick Stolee
2020-11-25 17:55         ` Eric Sunshine
2020-11-23 16:05   ` [PATCH v2 6/7] config: implement --fixed-value with --get* Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-23 19:53     ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-23 22:43     ` Emily Shaffer
2020-11-23 16:05   ` [PATCH v2 7/7] maintenance: use 'git config --fixed-value' Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-23 21:39     ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-23 22:48     ` Emily Shaffer
2020-11-23 23:27       ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-23 19:33   ` [PATCH v2 0/7] config: add --fixed-value option Junio C Hamano
2020-11-25 22:12   ` [PATCH v3 0/8] " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-25 22:12     ` [PATCH v3 1/8] config: convert multi_replace to flags Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-25 22:12     ` [PATCH v3 2/8] config: replace 'value_regex' with 'value_pattern' Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-25 22:50       ` Eric Sunshine
2020-11-25 22:12     ` [PATCH v3 3/8] t1300: test "set all" mode with value-pattern Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-25 22:12     ` [PATCH v3 4/8] t1300: add test for --replace-all " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-25 22:12     ` [PATCH v3 5/8] config: add --fixed-value option, un-implemented Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-25 23:04       ` Eric Sunshine
2020-11-25 22:12     ` [PATCH v3 6/8] config: plumb --fixed-value into config API Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-25 22:12     ` [PATCH v3 7/8] config: implement --fixed-value with --get* Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-25 22:12     ` [PATCH v3 8/8] maintenance: use 'git config --fixed-value' Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-25 23:09       ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-25 23:00     ` [PATCH v3 0/8] config: add --fixed-value option Junio C Hamano
2020-11-26 11:17       ` Derrick Stolee
2020-12-01  4:45         ` Junio C Hamano

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