Re: Histogram diff, libgit2 enhancement, libgit2 => git merge (GSOC)

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Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> It may also be necessary to use a mixture of git and libgit2 commands to
> finish tests. For example, a test which is really about checking "log"
> might use "commit", but "commit" hasn't been implemented yet. But it is
> still useful information if we cheat and use regular git's "commit", but
> test the libgit2 log command.

Absolutely, and I don't even think that is "cheating"; it is merely a
natural way to work incrementally.

> As far as which commands to start with, I would start with plumbing
> commands like "update-index", "commit-tree", "update-ref", "rev-list",
> etc.  Those are basic building blocks that have reasonably simple
> interfaces, and they're easy to test. And once you start, I think it
> will become more obvious where to go next (because some of the commands
> build on the results of others).
>
>> This probably will lead to some test suite changes, is it truth?

Some tests _might_ depend on implementation detail that we would rather
not, but I don't think there are too many of them, unless you count the
stuff that use "test-<something>" helper binary that link with libgit.a to
make direct calls to the internal.  I would suggest to consider a failure
an uncovered bug in the new implementation by default, and discuss the
tests that do depend on the implementation detail of C git on case-by-case
basis to be fixed.
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