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Re: [PATCH 3/6] t5516 (fetch-push): introduce mk_test_with_name()

From: Jonathan Nieder <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:56:27

Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote:
mk_test() creates a repository with the constant name "testrepo", and
this may be limiting for tests that need to create more than one
repository for testing.  To fix this, create a new mk_test_with_name()
which accepts the repository name as $1.  Reimplement mk_test() as a
special case of this function, making sure that no tests need to be
rewritten.
Why not give mk_test an optional parameter?

	repo_name=${1:-testrepo}

Oh, it is because mk_test already takes arguments naming refs to push.
I suppose the change description could make this clearer.

Why not use mk_test and then rename, like so?

	mk_test ...refs... &&
	mv testrepo testrepo-a &&

	mk_test ...refs... &&
	mv testrepo testrepo-b &&
	...

I dunno.  The helper functions at the top of this test are already
intimidating, so I guess I am looking for a way to avoid making that
problem worse.  One way would be to add an opening comment before
the function definition explaining how it is meant to be used.  See
t/test-lib-functions.sh for examples, such as test_cmp.

Hope that helps,
Jonathan
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