Re: [PATCH v6 11/11] test-lib: split up and deprecate test_create_repo()

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:

On Thu, May 13 2021, Felipe Contreras wrote:

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Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:

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--- a/t/test-lib-functions.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib-functions.sh

@@ -1243,21 +1243,10 @@ test_atexit () {
 		} && (exit \"\$eval_ret\"); eval_ret=\$?; $test_atexit_cleanup"
 }
 
-# Most tests can use the created repository, but some may need to create more.
+# Deprecated wrapper for "git init", use "git init" directly instead
 # Usage: test_create_repo <directory>
 test_create_repo () {

If this is deprecated why not add a warning?

  echo "warning: test_create_repo is deprecated in favor of git init" >&2

Because like test_i18ncmp, test_i18ngrep or whatever this is in the
state of "don't use this for new code", but annoying everyone who runs
the test suite with loads of this output under -v would be too
distracting.

The attention of the developer community is much better spent on one
person doing a s/test_create_repo/git init/ patch than having everyone
see this warning until somebody does that.

Then it's not really deprecated; it's merely disfavored.

To deprecate means to express disapproval of. If we are not going to
express disapproval (i.e. annoy the users of the test suite), then it's
not really deprecated. You can't eat your cake and have it too.

I agree we shouldn't throw a warning right now, but at some point in the
future we should, *then* it will be deprecated.

Cheers.

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Felipe Contreras