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@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ this: * passed all 3 test(s) You can pass --verbose (or -v), --debug (or -d), and --immediate -(or -i) command line argument to the test. +(or -i) command line argument to the test, or by setting GIT_TEST_OPTS +appropriately before running "make". --verbose:: This makes the test more verbose. Specifically, the @@ -58,6 +59,34 @@ You can pass --verbose (or -v), --debug (or -d), and --immediate This causes additional long-running tests to be run (where available), for more exhaustive testing. +--valgrind:: + Execute all Git binaries with valgrind and exit with status + 126 on errors (just like regular tests, this will only stop + the test script when running under -i). Valgrind errors + go to stderr, so you might want to pass the -v option, too. + + Since it makes no sense to run the tests with --valgrind and + not see any output, this option implies --verbose. For + convenience, it also implies --tee. + +--tee:: + In addition to printing the test output to the terminal, + write it to files named 't/test-results/$TEST_NAME.out'. + As the names depend on the tests' file names, it is safe to + run the tests with this option in parallel. + +You can also set the GIT_TEST_INSTALLED environment variable to +the bindir of an existing git installation to test that installation. +You still need to have built this git sandbox, from which various +test-* support programs, templates, and perl libraries are used. +If your installed git is incomplete, it will silently test parts of +your built version instead. + +When using GIT_TEST_INSTALLED, you can also set GIT_TEST_EXEC_PATH to +override the location of the dashed-form subcommands (what +GIT_EXEC_PATH would be used for during normal operation). +GIT_TEST_EXEC_PATH defaults to `$GIT_TEST_INSTALLED/git --exec-path`. + Skipping Tests -------------- @@ -212,6 +241,24 @@ library for your script to use. is to summarize successes and failures in the test script and exit with an appropriate error code. + - test_tick + + Make commit and tag names consistent by setting the author and + committer times to defined stated. Subsequent calls will + advance the times by a fixed amount. + + - test_commit <message> [<filename> [<contents>]] + + Creates a commit with the given message, committing the given + file with the given contents (default for both is to reuse the + message string), and adds a tag (again reusing the message + string as name). Calls test_tick to make the SHA-1s + reproducible. + + - test_merge <message> <commit-or-tag> + + Merges the given rev using the given message. Like test_commit, + creates a tag and calls test_tick before committing. Tips for Writing Tests ---------------------- |