From be53deef0d94b80b0a2df465d16f21ed29c3165b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?=C3=86var=20Arnfj=C3=B6r=C3=B0=20Bjarmason?= Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 21:19:25 +0000 Subject: t/README: Document the predefined test prerequisites MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit The README for the test library suggested that you grep the test-lib.sh for test_set_prereq to see what the preset prerequisites were. Remove that bit, and write a section explaining all the preset prerequisites. Most of the text was lifted from from Junio C Hamano and Johannes Sixt, See the "Tests in Cygwin" thread in May 2009 for the originals: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/116729/focus=118385 http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/116729/focus=118434 Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- t/README | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 't/README') diff --git a/t/README b/t/README index d07b67af6c..dc07939375 100644 --- a/t/README +++ b/t/README @@ -410,11 +410,12 @@ 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 @@ -487,6 +488,40 @@ 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. Tips for Writing Tests ---------------------- -- cgit v1.2.3