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Re: [PATCH] t/README: clarify test_must_fail description

From: Brandon Casey <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:49:09

Possibly related (same subject, not in this thread)

On 07/20/2010 01:00 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
How about being more explicit?

    Run a git command and ensure it fails in a controlled way.  Use
    this instead of "! <git-command>".  When git-command dies due to a
    segfault, test_must_fail diagnoses it as an error; "! <git-command>"
    treats it as just another expected failure. letting such a bug go
    unnoticed.
Much better.  If you want the last sentence to be grammatically correct,
you could rephrase it like this:

   ...just another expected failure, which would let such a bug go unnoticed.

-brandon
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