I updated the .gitattributes file to include the binary formats I am aware of, including all that I found in the POI repository.
This is not promised to be comprehensive and people should watch for other formats and check that .gitattributes is current. Finally, I decline to take the initiative to create a folder of test documents in the current repository. - Dennis -----Original Message----- From: jan i [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, January 8, 2015 08:53 To: [email protected]; Dennis Hamilton Subject: Re: Test Documents (was RE: Coding Standards page) On 8 January 2015 at 17:15, Dennis E. Hamilton <[email protected]> wrote: [ ... ] > <orcmid> > When I went looking for a test directory, I found Peter's test > documents. > As well as I could determine, they are all .html files, so there is > nothing to do. > > Looking at the poi files, I see that there are many in binary formats. > I could simply add those to the list of binaries in .gitattributes. > It would be better to have some sort of files to confirm that the > .gitattributes is working, like a specimen of each file extension. > > I can make the .gitattributes changes. It will need to be reviewed > </orcmid> > > > > > My bad, I have one in my branch but it is not in the repo....I think went > away because peter moved test cases into docFormats, since they were all > white box testing. > > We need a test dir at top level for black box tests, please create one. May > I suggest we add the poi test documents in a subdir, with a readme file > that informs the origin. [ ... ] > <orcmid> > I am not taking an action on creation of a test directory. There is > Need for more conversation on organization and whether to fork or to > fetch, etc., to be considered. Also, there is no discussion yet > of how tests themselves are conducted using whatever test documents > there are. > </orcmid> > [ ... ]
