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-rw-r--r--t/test-lib-functions.sh10
2 files changed, 22 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/t/README b/t/README
index b3f7b449c3..1a1361a806 100644
--- a/t/README
+++ b/t/README
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ library for your script to use.
test_expect_code 1 git merge "merge msg" B master
'
- - test_must_fail <git-command>
+ - test_must_fail [<options>] <git-command>
Run a git command and ensure it fails in a controlled way. Use
this instead of "! <git-command>". When git-command dies due to a
@@ -663,11 +663,21 @@ library for your script to use.
treats it as just another expected failure, which would let such a
bug go unnoticed.
- - test_might_fail <git-command>
+ Accepts the following options:
+
+ ok=<signal-name>[,<...>]:
+ Don't treat an exit caused by the given signal as error.
+ Multiple signals can be specified as a comma separated list.
+ Currently recognized signal names are: sigpipe, success.
+ (Don't use 'success', use 'test_might_fail' instead.)
+
+ - test_might_fail [<options>] <git-command>
Similar to test_must_fail, but tolerate success, too. Use this
instead of "<git-command> || :" to catch failures due to segv.
+ Accepts the same options as test_must_fail.
+
- test_cmp <expected> <actual>
Check whether the content of the <actual> file matches the
diff --git a/t/test-lib-functions.sh b/t/test-lib-functions.sh
index 67b5994afb..8a8a9329ee 100644
--- a/t/test-lib-functions.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib-functions.sh
@@ -610,6 +610,14 @@ list_contains () {
#
# Writing this as "! git checkout ../outerspace" is wrong, because
# the failure could be due to a segv. We want a controlled failure.
+#
+# Accepts the following options:
+#
+# ok=<signal-name>[,<...>]:
+# Don't treat an exit caused by the given signal as error.
+# Multiple signals can be specified as a comma separated list.
+# Currently recognized signal names are: sigpipe, success.
+# (Don't use 'success', use 'test_might_fail' instead.)
test_must_fail () {
case "$1" in
@@ -656,6 +664,8 @@ test_must_fail () {
#
# Writing "git config --unset all.configuration || :" would be wrong,
# because we want to notice if it fails due to segv.
+#
+# Accepts the same options as test_must_fail.
test_might_fail () {
test_must_fail ok=success "$@"