Re: [PATCH 1/5] "lib-diff" tests: make "README" and "COPYING" test data smaller

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On Sat, Oct 2, 2021 at 11:19 AM Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
<avarab@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Follow-up the change in 459b8d22e54 (tests: do not borrow from COPYING
> and README from the real source, 2015-02-15) by not shipping a full
> copy of older versions of the top-level "COPYING" and "README" files.
>
> The tests that use them just need the small blurb at the top of
> "COPYING" as test data, or mock data that's dissimilar. Let's provide
> that with a "COPYING_test_data" function instead.

I had to read this patch a couple of times before I understood what
was going on.

Your change is a definite improvement, but if the actual contents
don't matter that much, maybe something like "lorum ipsum" would be
even better.

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