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| author |  Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> | 2013-06-07 22:53:27 +0200 |
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| committer |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2013-06-07 15:01:16 -0700 |
| commit | 9ce415d972a04df4bfceaad0fab8eaea9a66997e (patch) | |
| tree | 84abd364d506aa9c4983f109b9babc1680a3674b /t/README | |
| parent | t3010: modernize style (diff) | |
| download | tgif-9ce415d972a04df4bfceaad0fab8eaea9a66997e.tar.xz | |
tests: introduce test_ln_s_add
Add a new function that creates a symbolic link and adds it to the index
to be used in cases where a symbolic link is not required on the file
system. We will use it to remove many SYMLINKS prerequisites from test
cases.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 't/README')
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@@ -592,6 +592,20 @@ library for your script to use. test_cmp expected actual ' + - test_ln_s_add <path1> <path2> + + This function helps systems whose filesystem does not support symbolic + links. Use it to add a symbolic link entry to the index when it is not + important that the file system entry is a symbolic link, i.e., instead + of the sequence + + ln -s foo bar && + git add bar + + Sometimes it is possible to split a test in a part that does not need + the symbolic link in the file system and a part that does; then only + the latter part need be protected by a SYMLINKS prerequisite (see below). + Prerequisites ------------- |