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authorLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2017-12-13 13:28:56 -0800
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2017-12-13 13:28:56 -0800
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parentMerge branch 'pc/submodule-helper' (diff)
parentt/README: document test_cmp_rev (diff)
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Merge branch 'tg/t-readme-updates'
Developer doc updates. * tg/t-readme-updates: t/README: document test_cmp_rev t/README: remove mention of adding copyright notices
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@@ -332,13 +332,10 @@ Writing Tests
-------------
The test script is written as a shell script. It should start
-with the standard "#!/bin/sh" with copyright notices, and an
+with the standard "#!/bin/sh", and an
assignment to variable 'test_description', like this:
#!/bin/sh
- #
- # Copyright (c) 2005 Junio C Hamano
- #
test_description='xxx test (option --frotz)
@@ -677,6 +674,11 @@ library for your script to use.
<expected> file. This behaves like "cmp" but produces more
helpful output when the test is run with "-v" option.
+ - test_cmp_rev <expected> <actual>
+
+ Check whether the <expected> rev points to the same commit as the
+ <actual> rev.
+
- test_line_count (= | -lt | -ge | ...) <length> <file>
Check whether a file has the length it is expected to.