From 3d8936153d8a962ace54a055ebdb308b09ca7c97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeff King Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2017 04:37:07 -0500 Subject: t: add an interoperability test harness The current test suite is good at letting you test a particular version of Git. But it's not very good at letting you test _two_ versions and seeing how they interact (e.g., one cloning from the other). This commit adds a test harness that will build two arbitrary versions of git and make it easy to call them from inside your tests. See the README and the example script for details. Signed-off-by: Jeff King Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- t/interop/README | 85 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 85 insertions(+) create mode 100644 t/interop/README (limited to 't/interop/README') diff --git a/t/interop/README b/t/interop/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..72d42bd856 --- /dev/null +++ b/t/interop/README @@ -0,0 +1,85 @@ +Git version interoperability tests +================================== + +This directory has interoperability tests for git. Each script is +similar to the normal test scripts found in t/, but with the added twist +that two special versions of git, "git.a" and "git.b", are available in +the PATH. Individual tests can then check the interaction between the +two versions. + +When you add a feature that handles backwards compatibility between git +versions, it's encouraged to add a test here to make sure it behaves as +you expect. + + +Running Tests +------------- + +The easiest way to run tests is to say "make". This runs all +the tests against their default versions. + +You can run a single test like: + + $ ./i0000-basic.sh + ok 1 - bare git is forbidden + ok 2 - git.a version (v1.6.6.3) + ok 3 - git.b version (v2.11.1) + # passed all 3 test(s) + 1..3 + +Each test contains default versions to run against. You may override +these by setting `GIT_TEST_VERSION_A` and `GIT_TEST_VERSION_B` in the +environment. Note that not all combinations will give sensible outcomes +for all tests (e.g., a test checking for a specific old/new interaction +may want something "old" enough" and something "new" enough; see +individual tests for details). + +Version names should be resolvable as revisions in the current +repository. They will be exported and built as needed using the +config.mak files found at the root of your working tree. + +The exception is the special version "." which uses the currently-built +contents of your working tree. + +You can set the following variables (in the environment or in your config.mak): + + GIT_INTEROP_MAKE_OPTS + Options to pass to `make` when building a git version (e.g., + `-j8`). + +You can also pass any command-line options taken by ordinary git tests (e.g., +"-v"). + + +Naming Tests +------------ + +The interop test files are named like: + + iNNNN-short-description.sh + +where N is a decimal digit. The same conventions for choosing NNNN as +for normal tests apply. + + +Writing Tests +------------- + +An interop test script starts like a normal script, declaring a few +variables and then including interop-lib.sh (which includes test-lib.sh). +Besides test_description, you should also set the $VERSION_A and $VERSION_B +variables to give the default versions to test against. See t0000-basic.sh for +an example. + +You can then use test_expect_success as usual, with a few differences: + + 1. The special commands "git.a" and "git.b" correspond to the + two versions. + + 2. You cannot call a bare "git". This is to prevent accidents where + you meant "git.a" or "git.b". + + 3. The trash directory is _not_ a git repository by default. You + should create one with the appropriate version of git. + +At the end of the script, call test_done as usual. -- cgit v1.2.3