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authorLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2010-07-20 11:29:30 -0700
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2010-07-20 11:29:30 -0700
commit5f7baac1e34440d3805ef488c97af748f3c20640 (patch)
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parentMerge branch 'maint' (diff)
parentt/README: clarify test_must_fail description (diff)
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* maint: t/README: clarify test_must_fail description Check size of path buffer before writing into it Conflicts: t/README
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@@ -451,8 +451,10 @@ library for your script to use.
- test_must_fail <git-command>
Run a git command and ensure it fails in a controlled way. Use
- this instead of "! <git-command>" to fail when git commands
- segfault.
+ this instead of "! <git-command>". When git-command dies due to a
+ segfault, test_must_fail diagnoses it as an error; "! <git-command>"
+ treats it as just another expected failure, which would let such a
+ bug go unnoticed.
- test_might_fail <git-command>