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Yes

To put things in context, it both depends on organization standards, and what the change actually is.

Where I work, there are areas that, if you change, you must update the tests. There are also development helper scripts and internal web sites where "it compiles" is good enough.

Likewise, I've done quite a bit of style cleanup PRs where the existing tests are appropriate.



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