test: facilitate debugging Git executables in tests with gdb

When prefixing a Git call in the test suite with 'debug ', it will
now be run with GDB, allowing the developer to debug test failures
more conveniently.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <[email protected]>

Author: dscho

t/README

@@ -563,6 +563,11 @@ library for your script to use.
    argument.  This is primarily meant for use during the
    development of a new test script.
 
+ - debug <git-command>
+
+   Run a git command inside a debugger. This is primarily meant for
+   use when debugging a failing test script.
+
  - test_done
 
    Your test script must have test_done at the end.  Its purpose

t/test-lib-functions.sh

@@ -145,6 +145,14 @@ test_pause () {
 	fi
 }
 
+# Wrap git in gdb. Adding this to a command can make it easier to
+# understand what is going on in a failing test.
+#
+# Example: "debug git checkout master".
+debug () {
+	 GIT_TEST_GDB=1 "$@"
+}
+
 # Call test_commit with the arguments "<message> [<file> [<contents> [<tag>]]]"
 #
 # This will commit a file with the given contents and the given commit

wrap-for-bin.sh

@@ -19,4 +19,10 @@ GIT_TEXTDOMAINDIR='@@BUILD_DIR@@/po/build/locale'
 PATH='@@BUILD_DIR@@/bin-wrappers:'"$PATH"
 export GIT_EXEC_PATH GITPERLLIB PATH GIT_TEXTDOMAINDIR
 
-exec "${GIT_EXEC_PATH}/@@PROG@@" "$@"
+if test -n "$GIT_TEST_GDB"
+then
+	unset GIT_TEST_GDB
+	exec gdb --args "${GIT_EXEC_PATH}/@@PROG@@" "$@"
+else
+	exec "${GIT_EXEC_PATH}/@@PROG@@" "$@"
+fi