On 2008-01-31 23:17:11 -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> I'd like to make the _first_ patch after 1.5.4 to be a fix-up for
> tests that misuse test_expect_failure. After that, we can use
> test_expect_failure to mark tests that ought to pass but don't
> because of bugs in the commands.
This is precisely what StGit's test suite does, and it has a very nice
property (beyond looking tidy): it's possible to first commit a new
(failing) test, and then commit a fix for the bug that made the test
fail, and have the test suite pass at every step.
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Karl Hasselström, kha@xxxxxxxxxxx
www.treskal.com/kalle
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