Re: [PATCH v12 4/5] t7507-commit-verbose: improve test coverage by testing number of diffs

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On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 8:02 PM, Eric Sunshine <sunshine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 2, 2016 at 7:33 PM, Pranit Bauva <pranit.bauva@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Make the fake "editor" store output of grep in a file so that we can
>> see how many diffs were contained in the message and use them in
>> individual tests where ever it is required. Also use write_script()
>> to create the fake "editor".
>>
>> A subsequent commit will introduce scenarios where it is important to be
>> able to exactly determine how many diffs were present.
>
> These two sentences are backward. The "subsequent commit" bit is
> justification for why you are making the "editor" store the output,
> thus it belongs with the first paragraph. The bit about write_script()
> is just a minor aside which can go in its own paragraph.
>
> I think it's also important to explain that you're changing the
> behavior of write_script() so that it always succeeds, regardless of

s/write_script()/the fake "editor"/

> whether grep found diff headers or not, and to give the reason for
> making this change ("so that you don't have to use 'test_must_fail'
> for cases when no diff headers are expected and can instead easily use
> 'test_line_count = 0'").
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