From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Abhradeep Chakraborty <chakrabortyabhradeep79@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@github.com>,
Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] test-lib-functions: fix test_subcommand_inexact
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2022 17:33:05 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqy20yeuri.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20220324181056.53824-1-chakrabortyabhradeep79@gmail.com
Abhradeep Chakraborty <chakrabortyabhradeep79@gmail.com> writes:
> Inexact means that the line needs not to be exactly same - there may be
> some words in between the desired words (in this case, any flags that come
> between the desired sub-commands). The current behaviour (i.e.
> `local expr=$(printf '"%s".*' "$@")`) is justifying the name of the function.
The current name may justify what it does, but so does "declare
match randomly" would. How much fuzziness we tolerate is something
that must be made clear to help developers who may potentially want
to use it, and the phrase "inexact" alone would not help us.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-03-25 0:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-03-21 20:34 [PATCH] test-lib-functions: fix test_subcommand_inexact Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-03-22 15:17 ` Derrick Stolee
2022-03-23 14:53 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-03-23 14:55 ` Derrick Stolee
2022-03-23 21:45 ` Taylor Blau
2022-03-23 23:10 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-03-24 15:42 ` Derrick Stolee
2022-03-24 16:02 ` Taylor Blau
2022-03-24 16:39 ` Derrick Stolee
2022-03-24 16:38 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-03-24 18:10 ` Abhradeep Chakraborty
2022-03-25 0:33 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2022-03-25 8:13 ` Abhradeep Chakraborty
2022-03-24 18:34 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-03-24 18:34 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] t7700: check post-condition in kept-pack test Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-03-24 18:58 ` Taylor Blau
2022-03-25 13:55 ` Derrick Stolee
2022-03-25 17:07 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-03-25 17:23 ` Derrick Stolee
2022-03-25 17:36 ` Taylor Blau
2022-03-25 18:22 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-03-24 18:34 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] test-lib-functions: fix test_subcommand_inexact Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-03-24 18:49 ` Taylor Blau
2022-03-24 20:48 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-03-25 14:03 ` Derrick Stolee
2022-03-25 17:25 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-03-25 19:02 ` [PATCH v3 0/2] " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-03-25 19:02 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] t7700: check post-condition in kept-pack test Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-03-25 19:02 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] test-lib-functions: remove test_subcommand_inexact Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-03-30 2:44 ` [PATCH v3 0/2] test-lib-functions: fix test_subcommand_inexact Taylor Blau
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