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@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ appropriately before running "make". command being run and their output if any are also output. +--verbose-only=<pattern>:: + Like --verbose, but the effect is limited to tests with + numbers matching <pattern>. The number matched against is + simply the running count of the test within the file. + --debug:: This may help the person who is developing a new test. It causes the command defined with test_debug to run. @@ -121,6 +126,11 @@ appropriately before running "make". the 't/valgrind/' directory and use the commands under 't/valgrind/bin/'. +--valgrind-only=<pattern>:: + Like --valgrind, but the effect is limited to tests with + numbers matching <pattern>. The number matched against is + simply the running count of the test within the file. + --tee:: In addition to printing the test output to the terminal, write it to files named 't/test-results/$TEST_NAME.out'. @@ -595,6 +605,20 @@ library for your script to use. test_cmp expected actual ' + - test_ln_s_add <path1> <path2> + + This function helps systems whose filesystem does not support symbolic + links. Use it to add a symbolic link entry to the index when it is not + important that the file system entry is a symbolic link, i.e., instead + of the sequence + + ln -s foo bar && + git add bar + + Sometimes it is possible to split a test in a part that does not need + the symbolic link in the file system and a part that does; then only + the latter part need be protected by a SYMLINKS prerequisite (see below). + Prerequisites ------------- |