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From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
To: Rohit Ashiwal <rohit.ashiwal265@gmail.com>
Cc: "Martin Ågren" <martin.agren@gmail.com>,
	"Rohit Ashiwal via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>,
	"Git Mailing List" <git@vger.kernel.org>,
	"Junio C Hamano" <gitster@pobox.com>,
	pclouds@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] tests: replace `test -(d|f)` with test_path_is_(dir|file)
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 20:52:01 +0100 (STD)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.1902262051080.41@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAL7ArXoau1ZfBsV9JaUDprwjSijyo6K5d9JyC1mdfc=KEvgJxw@mail.gmail.com>

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Hi,

On Tue, 26 Feb 2019, Rohit Ashiwal wrote:

> Hi Martin
> 
> On Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 10:01 PM Martin Ågren <martin.agren@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > -       ! test -d submod &&
> > > +       ! test_path_is_dir submod &&
> >
> > Now, here I wonder. This (and other changes like this) means that every
> > time the test passes, we see "Directory submod doesn't exist.", which is
> > perhaps not too irritating. But more importantly, when the test fails,
> > we don't get any hint. So a failure is just as silent and "non-helpful"
> > as before. I can think of a few approaches:
> 
> >
> >  1 Teach `test_path_is_dir` and friends to handle "!" in a clever way, and
> >    write these as `test_path_is_dir ! foo`. (We already have helpers
> >    that do this, see, e.g., `test_i18ngrep`.)
> >
> 
> Yes, I also think that it should be corrected and I think this(1)
> approach is good as it resonates well with the existing code. I'll
> start working on it and submit the patch as soon as possible.

We already have `test_path_is_missing`. Why not use that instead of `!
test -d` or `! test -f`?

Ciao,
Johannes

  reply	other threads:[~2019-02-26 19:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-02-26 13:42 [PATCH 0/1] [GSoC][PATCH] tests: replace test -(d|f) with test_path_is_(dir|file) Rohit Ashiwal via GitGitGadget
2019-02-26 13:42 ` [PATCH 1/1] tests: replace `test -(d|f)` " Rohit Ashiwal via GitGitGadget
2019-02-26 14:04   ` Duy Nguyen
2019-02-26 16:10     ` Do test-path_is_{file,dir,exists} make sense anymore with -x? Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-02-26 17:04       ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-02-26 17:43         ` Jeff King
2019-02-26 19:39           ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-02-26 21:01             ` Jeff King
2019-03-03 16:04               ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-03-05  4:55                 ` Jeff King
2019-03-04 14:36               ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-03-05  4:58                 ` Jeff King
2019-02-26 17:48         ` Matthieu Moy
2019-02-26 18:24           ` Jeff King
2019-02-26 17:35       ` Jeff King
2019-02-26 19:58         ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-02-26 21:02           ` Jeff King
2019-02-27 10:01       ` Duy Nguyen
2019-03-01  2:52       ` Junio C Hamano
2019-02-26 16:01   ` [PATCH 1/1] tests: replace `test -(d|f)` with test_path_is_(dir|file) Johannes Schindelin
2019-02-26 16:30   ` Martin Ågren
2019-02-26 18:29     ` Rohit Ashiwal
2019-02-26 19:52       ` Johannes Schindelin [this message]
2019-02-26 20:01         ` Rohit Ashiwal
2019-02-27  5:49           ` Martin Ågren
2019-02-26 14:26 ` [PATCH v2 0/1] [GSoC][PATCH] t3600: use test_path_is_dir and test_path_is_file Rohit Ashiwal via GitGitGadget
2019-02-26 14:26   ` [PATCH v2 1/1] " Rohit Ashiwal via GitGitGadget
2019-02-26 16:37     ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-02-26 18:40       ` Rohit Ashiwal
2019-02-26 20:02         ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-02-26 20:05           ` Rohit Ashiwal
2019-02-26 22:48   ` [PATCH v3 0/1] [GSoC][PATCH] t3600: use test_path_is_* helper functions Rohit Ashiwal via GitGitGadget
2019-02-26 22:48     ` [PATCH v3 1/1] t3600: use test_path_is_* functions Rohit Ashiwal via GitGitGadget
2019-02-27 10:12       ` Duy Nguyen
2019-02-28 10:26     ` [PATCH v4 0/1] [GSoC][PATCH] t3600: use test_path_is_* helper functions Rohit Ashiwal via GitGitGadget
2019-02-28 10:26       ` [PATCH v4 1/1] t3600: use test_path_is_* functions Rohit Ashiwal via GitGitGadget
2019-02-28 19:02         ` [GSoC] acknowledging mistakes Rohit Ashiwal
2019-03-01  2:51           ` Junio C Hamano
2019-03-01 13:13             ` Feeling confused a little bit Rohit Ashiwal
2019-03-02  4:24               ` Rafael Ascensão
2019-03-02 14:46               ` Thomas Gummerer
2019-03-02 16:21                 ` [GSoC] Thanking Rohit Ashiwal

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