Tests add clone restore tests

[boddumanohar]

Branch clone and restore a branch from a backup are one of the signature feature of vela.

Adding tests for this to make sure that they work as expected as we make more and changes

The changes in the PR, create a cloned branch or creates a branch from a backup and makes sure that its active healthy.

next

In the PR the plan is to add tests to make sure that data is persisted from source clone to target clone.

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

Adds new integration coverage for two key Vela capabilities—branch cloning and restoring a branch from a backup—by creating branches through the public API and waiting until they reach ACTIVE_HEALTHY.

Changes:

• Added tests/test_backup_and_clone.py to exercise branch clone and restore-from-backup flows.
• Reduced the default BRANCH_TIMEOUT_SEC used by wait_for_status.
• Registered the new test file in pytest testpaths.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 3 out of 3 changed files in this pull request and generated 7 comments.

File	Description
tests/test_backup_and_clone.py	New integration tests for cloning a branch and restoring a branch from a manual backup.
tests/conftest.py	Changes the default branch status polling timeout used across integration tests.
pyproject.toml	Adds the new test module to pytest’s configured testpaths.

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[mxsrc]

I like this, but I feel we need to establish a clearer structure. With this change test_branches.py does not do what says anymore. Can we create a hierarchy? Like tests/branches/test_{basic,clone_restore}.py. Also, it'd be great to have a fixture for branch creation akin to the organization/project fixtures.

[boddumanohar]

restructured the tests to tests/branches/test_{basic,clone_restore}.py

[mxsrc]

I see the tests are still running, so I converted this PR to a draft. Can you reopen it and give me a ping when it's ready for review? From a quick glance things look fine overall :)

[mxsrc]

Looks largely good, can we remove the comment sections though? I'm really not a fan of those, they tend to be forgotten and at least for me don't add much value. If they help you we can also keep them.

[mxsrc]

Great, thanks!