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diff --git a/t/test-lib.sh b/t/test-lib.sh index 87308f5a9b..a417bdfed1 100644 --- a/t/test-lib.sh +++ b/t/test-lib.sh @@ -598,6 +598,28 @@ test_path_is_missing () { fi } +# test_line_count checks that a file has the number of lines it +# ought to. For example: +# +# test_expect_success 'produce exactly one line of output' ' +# do something >output && +# test_line_count = 1 output +# ' +# +# is like "test $(wc -l <output) = 1" except that it passes the +# output through when the number of lines is wrong. + +test_line_count () { + if test $# != 3 + then + error "bug in the test script: not 3 parameters to test_line_count" + elif ! test $(wc -l <"$3") "$1" "$2" + then + echo "test_line_count: line count for $3 !$1 $2" + cat "$3" + return 1 + fi +} # This is not among top-level (test_expect_success | test_expect_failure) # but is a prefix that can be used in the test script, like: |