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@@ -268,6 +268,18 @@ Do: git push gh && test ... + - Check the test coverage for your tests. See the "Test coverage" + below. + + Don't blindly follow test coverage metrics, they're a good way to + spot if you've missed something. If a new function you added + doesn't have any coverage you're probably doing something wrong, + but having 100% coverage doesn't necessarily mean that you tested + everything. + + Tests that are likely to smoke out future regressions are better + than tests that just inflate the coverage metrics. + Don't: - exit() within a <script> part. @@ -307,9 +319,21 @@ Keep in mind: Skipping tests -------------- -If you need to skip all the remaining tests you should set skip_all -and immediately call test_done. The string you give to skip_all will -be used as an explanation for why the test was skipped. for instance: +If you need to skip tests you should do so be using the three-arg form +of the test_* functions (see the "Test harness library" section +below), e.g.: + + test_expect_success PERL 'I need Perl' " + '$PERL_PATH' -e 'hlagh() if unf_unf()' + " + +The advantage of skipping tests like this is that platforms that don't +have the PERL and other optional dependencies get an indication of how +many tests they're missing. + +If the test code is too hairy for that (i.e. does a lot of setup work +outside test assertions) you can also skip all remaining tests by +setting skip_all and immediately call test_done: if ! test_have_prereq PERL then @@ -317,6 +341,9 @@ be used as an explanation for why the test was skipped. for instance: test_done fi +The string you give to skip_all will be used as an explanation for why +the test was skipped. + End with test_done ------------------ @@ -350,6 +377,12 @@ library for your script to use. test_expect_success TTY 'git --paginate rev-list uses a pager' \ ' ... ' + You can also supply a comma-separated list of prerequisites, in the + rare case where your test depends on more than one: + + test_expect_success PERL,PYTHON 'yo dawg' \ + ' test $(perl -E 'print eval "1 +" . qx[python -c "print 2"]') == "4" ' + - test_expect_failure [<prereq>] <message> <script> This is NOT the opposite of test_expect_success, but is used @@ -404,11 +437,12 @@ library for your script to use. - test_set_prereq SOME_PREREQ Set a test prerequisite to be used later with test_have_prereq. The - test-lib will set some prerequisites for you, e.g. PERL and PYTHON - which are derived from ./GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS (grep test_set_prereq - test-lib.sh for more). Others you can set yourself and use later - with either test_have_prereq directly, or the three argument - invocation of test_expect_success and test_expect_failure. + test-lib will set some prerequisites for you, see the + "Prerequisites" section below for a full list of these. + + Others you can set yourself and use later with either + test_have_prereq directly, or the three argument invocation of + test_expect_success and test_expect_failure. - test_have_prereq SOME PREREQ @@ -467,6 +501,13 @@ library for your script to use. <expected> file. This behaves like "cmp" but produces more helpful output when the test is run with "-v" option. + - test_path_is_file <file> [<diagnosis>] + test_path_is_dir <dir> [<diagnosis>] + test_path_is_missing <path> [<diagnosis>] + + Check whether a file/directory exists or doesn't. <diagnosis> will + be displayed if the test fails. + - test_when_finished <script> Prepend <script> to a list of commands to run to clean up @@ -481,6 +522,45 @@ library for your script to use. ... ' +Prerequisites +------------- + +These are the prerequisites that the test library predefines with +test_have_prereq. + +See the prereq argument to the test_* functions in the "Test harness +library" section above and the "test_have_prereq" function for how to +use these, and "test_set_prereq" for how to define your own. + + - PERL & PYTHON + + Git wasn't compiled with NO_PERL=YesPlease or + NO_PYTHON=YesPlease. Wrap any tests that need Perl or Python in + these. + + - POSIXPERM + + The filesystem supports POSIX style permission bits. + + - BSLASHPSPEC + + Backslashes in pathspec are not directory separators. This is not + set on Windows. See 6fd1106a for details. + + - EXECKEEPSPID + + The process retains the same pid across exec(2). See fb9a2bea for + details. + + - SYMLINKS + + The filesystem we're on supports symbolic links. E.g. a FAT + filesystem doesn't support these. See 704a3143 for details. + + - SANITY + + Test is not run by root user, and an attempt to write to an + unwritable file is expected to fail correctly. Tips for Writing Tests ---------------------- @@ -508,3 +588,115 @@ the purpose of t0000-basic.sh, which is to isolate that level of validation in one place. Your test also ends up needing updating when such a change to the internal happens, so do _not_ do it and leave the low level of validation to t0000-basic.sh. + +Test coverage +------------- + +You can use the coverage tests to find code paths that are not being +used or properly exercised yet. + +To do that, run the coverage target at the top-level (not in the t/ +directory): + + make coverage + +That'll compile Git with GCC's coverage arguments, and generate a test +report with gcov after the tests finish. Running the coverage tests +can take a while, since running the tests in parallel is incompatible +with GCC's coverage mode. + +After the tests have run you can generate a list of untested +functions: + + make coverage-untested-functions + +You can also generate a detailed per-file HTML report using the +Devel::Cover module. To install it do: + + # On Debian or Ubuntu: + sudo aptitude install libdevel-cover-perl + + # From the CPAN with cpanminus + curl -L http://cpanmin.us | perl - --sudo --self-upgrade + cpanm --sudo Devel::Cover + +Then, at the top-level: + + make cover_db_html + +That'll generate a detailed cover report in the "cover_db_html" +directory, which you can then copy to a webserver, or inspect locally +in a browser. + +Smoke testing +------------- + +The Git test suite has support for smoke testing. Smoke testing is +when you submit the results of a test run to a central server for +analysis and aggregation. + +Running a smoke tester is an easy and valuable way of contributing to +Git development, particularly if you have access to an uncommon OS on +obscure hardware. + +After building Git you can generate a smoke report like this in the +"t" directory: + + make clean smoke + +You can also pass arguments via the environment. This should make it +faster: + + GIT_TEST_OPTS='--root=/dev/shm' TEST_JOBS=10 make clean smoke + +The "smoke" target will run the Git test suite with Perl's +"TAP::Harness" module, and package up the results in a .tar.gz archive +with "TAP::Harness::Archive". The former is included with Perl v5.10.1 +or later, but you'll need to install the latter from the CPAN. See the +"Test coverage" section above for how you might do that. + +Once the "smoke" target finishes you'll see a message like this: + + TAP Archive created at <path to git>/t/test-results/git-smoke.tar.gz + +To upload the smoke report you need to have curl(1) installed, then +do: + + make smoke_report + +To upload the report anonymously. Hopefully that'll return something +like "Reported #7 added.". + +If you're going to be uploading reports frequently please request a +user account by E-Mailing gitsmoke@v.nix.is. Once you have a username +and password you'll be able to do: + + SMOKE_USERNAME=<username> SMOKE_PASSWORD=<password> make smoke_report + +You can also add an additional comment to attach to the report, and/or +a comma separated list of tags: + + SMOKE_USERNAME=<username> SMOKE_PASSWORD=<password> \ + SMOKE_COMMENT=<comment> SMOKE_TAGS=<tags> \ + make smoke_report + +Once the report is uploaded it'll be made available at +http://smoke.git.nix.is, here's an overview of Recent Smoke Reports +for Git: + + http://smoke.git.nix.is/app/projects/smoke_reports/1 + +The reports will also be mirrored to GitHub every few hours: + + http://github.com/gitsmoke/smoke-reports + +The Smolder SQLite database is also mirrored and made available for +download: + + http://github.com/gitsmoke/smoke-database + +Note that the database includes hashed (with crypt()) user passwords +and E-Mail addresses. Don't use a valuable password for the smoke +service if you have an account, or an E-Mail address you don't want to +be publicly known. The user accounts are just meant to be convenient +labels, they're not meant to be secure. |