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| author |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2015-11-03 15:13:05 -0800 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2015-11-03 15:13:05 -0800 |
| commit | 4b571eb0c2149a3a45d7fe8bf2e93e67eab4a4c9 (patch) | |
| tree | 71ba036af639a33c0c3da5cfc975ae4bd1a10034 /t | |
| parent | Merge branch 'jk/initialization-fix-to-add-submodule-odb' (diff) | |
| parent | test: facilitate debugging Git executables in tests with gdb (diff) | |
| download | tgif-4b571eb0c2149a3a45d7fe8bf2e93e67eab4a4c9.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'js/git-gdb'
Allow easier debugging of a single "git" invocation in our test
scripts.
* js/git-gdb:
test: facilitate debugging Git executables in tests with gdb
Diffstat (limited to 't')
| -rw-r--r-- | t/README | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | t/test-lib-functions.sh | 8 |
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -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 diff --git a/t/test-lib-functions.sh b/t/test-lib-functions.sh index 6dffb8bcde..73e37a1f6c 100644 --- a/t/test-lib-functions.sh +++ b/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 |