t/README: Add a note about the dangers of coverage chasing

Having no coverage at all is almost always a bad sign, but trying to
attain 100% coverage everywhere is usually a waste of time. Add a
paragraph to explain this to future test writers.

Inspired-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason 2010-07-25 19:52:45 +00:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
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@ -271,6 +271,15 @@ Do:
- Check the test coverage for your tests. See the "Test coverage"
below.
Don't blindly follow test coverage metrics, they're a good way to
spot if you've missed something. If a new function you added
doesn't have any coverage you're probably doing something wrong,
but having 100% coverage doesn't necessarily mean that you tested
everything.
Tests that are likely to smoke out future regressions are better
than tests that just inflate the coverage metrics.
Don't:
- exit() within a <script> part.