Re: [PATCH 2/3] t5521 (pull-options): use test_commit() where appropriate

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Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> test_commit() is a well-defined function in test-lib-functions.sh that
> allows you to create commits with a terse syntax.  Prefer using it
> over creating commits by hand.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  t/t5521-pull-options.sh | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/t/t5521-pull-options.sh b/t/t5521-pull-options.sh
> index 1b06691..4a804f0 100755
> --- a/t/t5521-pull-options.sh
> +++ b/t/t5521-pull-options.sh
> @@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ test_description='pull options'
>  test_expect_success 'setup' '
>  	mkdir parent &&
>  	(cd parent && git init &&
> -	 echo one >file && git add file &&
> -	 git commit -m one)
> +	 test_commit "one" file "one"
> +	)
>  '

In this test script perhaps it is OK, but I'd prefer people being
careful *not* to use test_commit in tests that involve refs (i.e.
pushing, pulling, ls-remote, for-each-ref, describe...) and paths
(i.e.  ls-files, diff, ...).

There is one good point in the helper: it creates a commit with a
predictable timestamp.

But it does a lot other *bad* things than that single good thing.
It adds a new path, and adds a new tag; neither of which is not
desirable in many circumstances.

A better future direction would be to first make these "frill"
features into options to test_commit helper, fix the users that
depend on these additional tags and stuff to explicitly ask for
them, and then start advocating it for wider use, I think.

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