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*** t0000-basic.sh ***
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- * ok 1: .git/objects should be empty after git- init in an empty repo.
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- * ok 2: .git/objects should have 256 subdirectories.
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- * ok 3: git-update-index without --add should fail adding.
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+ ok 1 - .git/objects should be empty after git init in an empty repo.
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+ ok 2 - .git/objects should have 3 subdirectories.
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+ ok 3 - success is reported like this
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- * ok 23: no diff after checkout and git-update-index --refresh.
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- * passed all 23 test(s)
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- *** t0100-environment-names.sh ***
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- * ok 1: using old names should issue warnings.
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- * ok 2: using old names but having new names should not issue warnings.
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- ...
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- Or you can run each test individually from command line, like
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- this:
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- $ sh ./t3001-ls-files-killed.sh
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- * ok 1: git-update-index --add to add various paths.
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- * ok 2: git-ls-files -k to show killed files.
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- * ok 3: validate git-ls-files -k output.
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- * passed all 3 test(s)
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+ ok 43 - very long name in the index handled sanely
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+ # fixed 1 known breakage(s)
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+ # still have 1 known breakage(s)
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+ # passed all remaining 42 test(s)
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+ 1..43
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+ *** t0001-init.sh ***
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+ ok 1 - plain
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+ ok 2 - plain with GIT_WORK_TREE
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+ ok 3 - plain bare
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+ Since the tests all output TAP (see http://testanything.org) they can
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+ be run with any TAP harness. Here's an example of parallel testing
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+ powered by a recent version of prove(1):
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+ $ prove --timer --jobs 15 ./t[0-9]*.sh
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+ [19:17:33] ./t0005-signals.sh ................................... ok 36 ms
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+ [19:17:33] ./t0022-crlf-rename.sh ............................... ok 69 ms
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+ [19:17:33] ./t0024-crlf-archive.sh .............................. ok 154 ms
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+ [19:17:33] ./t0004-unwritable.sh ................................ ok 289 ms
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+ [19:17:33] ./t0002-gitfile.sh ................................... ok 480 ms
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+ ===( 102;0 25/? 6/? 5/? 16/? 1/? 4/? 2/? 1/? 3/? 1... )===
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+ prove and other harnesses come with a lot of useful options. The
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+ --state option in particular is very useful:
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+ # Repeat until no more failures
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+ $ prove -j 15 --state=failed,save ./t[0-9]*.sh
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+ You can also run each test individually from command line, like this:
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+ $ sh ./t3010-ls-files-killed-modified.sh
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+ ok 1 - git update-index --add to add various paths.
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+ ok 2 - git ls-files -k to show killed files.
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+ ok 3 - validate git ls-files -k output.
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+ ok 4 - git ls-files -m to show modified files.
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+ ok 5 - validate git ls-files -m output.
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+ # passed all 5 test(s)
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+ 1..5
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You can pass --verbose (or -v), --debug (or -d), and --immediate
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(or -i) command line argument to the test, or by setting GIT_TEST_OPTS
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- If the script is invoked with command line argument --help
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(or -h), it shows the test_description and exits.
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- - Creates an empty test directory with an empty .git/objects
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- database and chdir(2) into it. This directory is 't/trash directory'
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- if you must know, but I do not think you care.
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+ - Creates an empty test directory with an empty .git/objects database
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+ and chdir(2) into it. This directory is 't/trash
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+ directory.$test_name_without_dotsh', with t/ subject to change by
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+ the --root option documented above.
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- Defines standard test helper functions for your scripts to
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use. These functions are designed to make all scripts behave
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consistently when command line arguments --verbose (or -v),
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--debug (or -d), and --immediate (or -i) is given.
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+ Do's, don'ts & things to keep in mind
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+ -------------------------------------
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+ Here are a few examples of things you probably should and shouldn't do
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+ when writing tests.
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+ Do:
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+ - Put all code inside test_expect_success and other assertions.
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+ Even code that isn't a test per se, but merely some setup code
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+ should be inside a test assertion.
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+ - Chain your test assertions
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+ Write test code like this:
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+ git merge foo &&
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+ git push bar &&
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+ test ...
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+ Instead of:
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+ git merge hla
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+ git push gh
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+ test ...
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+ That way all of the commands in your tests will succeed or fail. If
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+ you must ignore the return value of something (e.g. the return
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+ value of export is unportable) it's best to indicate so explicitly
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+ with a semicolon:
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+ export HLAGH;
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+ git merge hla &&
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+ git push gh &&
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+ test ...
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+ Don't:
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+ - exit() within a <script> part.
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+ The harness will catch this as a programming error of the test.
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+ Use test_done instead if you need to stop the tests early (see
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+ "Skipping tests" below).
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+ - Break the TAP output
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+ The raw output from your test may be interpreted by a TAP harness. TAP
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+ harnesses will ignore everything they don't know about, but don't step
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+ on their toes in these areas:
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+ - Don't print lines like "$x..$y" where $x and $y are integers.
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+ - Don't print lines that begin with "ok" or "not ok".
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+ TAP harnesses expect a line that begins with either "ok" and "not
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+ ok" to signal a test passed or failed (and our harness already
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+ produces such lines), so your script shouldn't emit such lines to
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+ their output.
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+ You can glean some further possible issues from the TAP grammar
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+ (see http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?TAP::Parser::Grammar#TAP_Grammar)
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+ but the best indication is to just run the tests with prove(1),
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+ it'll complain if anything is amiss.
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+ Keep in mind:
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+ - Inside <script> part, the standard output and standard error
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+ streams are discarded, and the test harness only reports "ok" or
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+ "not ok" to the end user running the tests. Under --verbose, they
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+ are shown to help debugging the tests.
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+ Skipping tests
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+ --------------
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+ If you need to skip all the remaining tests you should set skip_all
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+ and immediately call test_done. The string you give to skip_all will
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+ be used as an explanation for why the test was skipped. for instance:
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+ if ! test_have_prereq PERL
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+ then
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+ skip_all='skipping perl interface tests, perl not available'
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+ test_done
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+ fi
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End with test_done
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------------------
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There are a handful helper functions defined in the test harness
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library for your script to use.
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- - test_expect_success <message> <script>
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+ - test_expect_success [<prereq>] <message> <script>
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- This takes two strings as parameter, and evaluates the
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+ Usually takes two strings as parameter, and evaluates the
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<script>. If it yields success, test is considered
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successful. <message> should state what it is testing.
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'git-write-tree should be able to write an empty tree.' \
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'tree=$(git-write-tree)'
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- - test_expect_failure <message> <script>
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+ If you supply three parameters the first will be taken to be a
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+ prerequisite, see the test_set_prereq and test_have_prereq
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+ documentation below:
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+ test_expect_success TTY 'git --paginate rev-list uses a pager' \
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+ ' ... '
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+ - test_expect_failure [<prereq>] <message> <script>
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This is NOT the opposite of test_expect_success, but is used
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to mark a test that demonstrates a known breakage. Unlike
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success and "still broken" on failure. Failures from these
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tests won't cause -i (immediate) to stop.
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+ Like test_expect_success this function can optionally use a three
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+ argument invocation with a prerequisite as the first argument.
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+ - test_expect_code [<prereq>] <code> <message> <script>
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+ Analogous to test_expect_success, but pass the test if it exits
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+ with a given exit <code>
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+ test_expect_code 1 'Merge with d/f conflicts' 'git merge "merge msg" B master'
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- test_debug <script>
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Merges the given rev using the given message. Like test_commit,
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+ - test_set_prereq SOME_PREREQ
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+ Set a test prerequisite to be used later with test_have_prereq. The
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+ test-lib will set some prerequisites for you, e.g. PERL and PYTHON
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+ which are derived from ./GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS (grep test_set_prereq
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+ test-lib.sh for more). Others you can set yourself and use later
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+ with either test_have_prereq directly, or the three argument
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+ invocation of test_expect_success and test_expect_failure.
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+ - test_have_prereq SOME PREREQ
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+ Check if we have a prerequisite previously set with
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+ test_set_prereq. The most common use of this directly is to skip
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+ all the tests if we don't have some essential prerequisite:
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+ if ! test_have_prereq PERL
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+ then
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+ skip_all='skipping perl interface tests, perl not available'
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+ test_done
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+ fi
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+ - test_external [<prereq>] <message> <external> <script>
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+ Execute a <script> with an <external> interpreter (like perl). This
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+ was added for tests like t9700-perl-git.sh which do most of their
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+ work in an external test script.
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+ test_external \
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+ 'GitwebCache::*FileCache*' \
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+ If the test is outputting its own TAP you should set the
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+ test_external_has_tap variable somewhere before calling the first
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+ test_external* function. See t9700-perl-git.sh for an example.
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+ # The external test will outputs its own plan
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+ test_external_has_tap=1
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+ - test_external_without_stderr [<prereq>] <message> <external> <script>
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+ instead of checking the exit code.
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+ - test_must_fail <git-command>
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+ Run a git command and ensure it fails in a controlled way. Use
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+ this instead of "! <git-command>" to fail when git commands
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+ segfault.
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+ - test_might_fail <git-command>
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+ Similar to test_must_fail, but tolerate success, too. Use this
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+ instead of "<git-command> || :" to catch failures due to segv.
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+ - test_cmp <expected> <actual>
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+ Check whether the content of the <actual> file matches the
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+ <expected> file. This behaves like "cmp" but produces more
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+ helpful output when the test is run with "-v" option.
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+ - test_when_finished <script>
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+ Prepend <script> to a list of commands to run to clean up
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+ fails, the test will not pass.
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+ Example:
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+ test_when_finished "git update-ref -d refs/heads/invalid" &&
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+ ...
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Tips for Writing Tests
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