On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 9:47 AM Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 7:12 AM SZEDER Gábor <szeder.dev@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I see it as the test writer's job to clean up to the extent that > > > git-symbolic-ref can reset to a sane state. > > > > No, it's the job of whoever updates the cleanup routine to make sure > > that the updated cleanup routine still works just as well as it did in > > the past. > > Sorry, I don't mean to shirk my responsibility. What I mean is: is > there a way to signal "This test is fubar. Stop further execution of > test shell script". Or, more generally: if a cleanup routine fails, what is the point of continuing to run the test script? If that happens, the test directory is an indeterminate state, so the outcome of follow-on test-functions is indeterminate as well. -- Han-Wen Nienhuys - Google Munich I work 80%. Don't expect answers from me on Fridays. -- Google Germany GmbH, Erika-Mann-Strasse 33, 80636 Munich Registergericht und -nummer: Hamburg, HRB 86891 Sitz der Gesellschaft: Hamburg Geschäftsführer: Paul Manicle, Halimah DeLaine Prado
