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title: >
  92 changed files with 885 additions and 156 deletions
pubDate: 2023-09-29
permalink: >-
  daily/2023/09/29/92-changed-files-with-885-additions-and-156-deletions
tags:
  - software-development
  - automated-testing
  - test-driven-development
  - refactoring
---

Today, I refactored some code on a client's Drupal project I've been working on.

This is what the commit says:

> Showing 92 changed files with 885 additions and 156 deletions

So, it's not a small refactor.

As I worked on the custom modules needed for the site, I noticed that some common functionality was spread over multiple modules. This refactor moved that functionality into its own module, which is now a dependency of the others.

The code is better, and the responsibilities of the modules are clearer.

Whilst a large amount of those additions are adding test modules with test configuration, it's not a small refactor.

## Here's the thing

This is what it says at the bottom of the CI pipeline output:

> OK (79 tests, 565 assertions)

This is the same number of passing tests and assertions I had before I started the refactor, so I know the functionality still works.

If I didn't have those tests, I wouldn't have done the refactor.