Re: [PATCH v3 4/6] add a test for semantic errors in config files

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On 7/28/2014 4:52 PM, Matthieu Moy wrote:
> Tanay Abhra <tanayabh@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
>> +test_expect_success 'check line errors for malformed values' '
>> +	mv .git/config .git/config.old &&
>> +	test_when_finished "mv .git/config.old .git/config" &&
>> +	cat >.git/config <<-\EOF &&
>> +	[alias]
>> +		br
>> +	EOF
>> +	test_expect_code 128 git br 2>result &&
>> +	grep "fatal: bad config file line 2 in .git/config" result
>> +'
> 
> This is PATCH 4, and it tests a bug fixed in PATCH 1. It would have
> eased review to group both patches, either
> 
> PATCH 1: introduce test_expect_failure test to demonstrate the failure

Didn't Junio comment that he wouldn't recommend inserting a test_expect_failure
for new tests and then flipping them after in the series.

> PATCH 2: fix the bug and change test_expect_failure to test_expect_success
> 
> Or putting both in the same patch.
>

Much better, thanks for the advice.

> I think the series is OK like this, my comment is just to be read as
> "next time, here's how to do better".
> 
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