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authorLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2013-06-04 15:25:34 -0700
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2013-06-04 15:25:34 -0700
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parentt/README: test_must_fail is for testing Git (diff)
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* maint: t/README: test_must_fail is for testing Git
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@@ -324,6 +324,9 @@ Don't:
use 'test_must_fail git cmd'. This will signal a failure if git
dies in an unexpected way (e.g. segfault).
+ On the other hand, don't use test_must_fail for running regular
+ platform commands; just use '! cmd'.
+
- use perl without spelling it as "$PERL_PATH". This is to help our
friends on Windows where the platform Perl often adds CR before
the end of line, and they bundle Git with a version of Perl that