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-rw-r--r--t/README6
-rw-r--r--t/test-lib.sh8
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/t/README b/t/README
index 48fd4009e1..bd6d22ecc5 100644
--- a/t/README
+++ b/t/README
@@ -196,11 +196,10 @@ appropriately before running "make".
variable to "1" or "0", respectively.
--stress::
---stress=<N>::
Run the test script repeatedly in multiple parallel jobs until
one of them fails. Useful for reproducing rare failures in
flaky tests. The number of parallel jobs is, in order of
- precedence: <N>, or the value of the GIT_TEST_STRESS_LOAD
+ precedence: the value of the GIT_TEST_STRESS_LOAD
environment variable, or twice the number of available
processors (as shown by the 'getconf' utility), or 8.
Implies `--verbose -x --immediate` to get the most information
@@ -211,6 +210,9 @@ appropriately before running "make".
'.stress-<nr>' suffix, and the trash directory of the failed
test job is renamed to end with a '.stress-failed' suffix.
+--stress-jobs=<N>::
+ Override the number of parallel jobs. Implies `--stress`.
+
--stress-limit=<N>::
When combined with --stress run the test script repeatedly
this many times in each of the parallel jobs or until one of
diff --git a/t/test-lib.sh b/t/test-lib.sh
index 8553c1ff87..66099a4804 100644
--- a/t/test-lib.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib.sh
@@ -147,10 +147,16 @@ do
--stress)
stress=t ;;
--stress=*)
+ echo "error: --stress does not accept an argument: '$opt'" >&2
+ echo "did you mean --stress-jobs=${opt#*=} or --stress-limit=${opt#*=}?" >&2
+ exit 1
+ ;;
+ --stress-jobs=*)
+ stress=t;
stress=${opt#--*=}
case "$stress" in
*[!0-9]*|0*|"")
- echo "error: --stress=<N> requires the number of jobs to run" >&2
+ echo "error: --stress-jobs=<N> requires the number of jobs to run" >&2
exit 1
;;
*) # Good.