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[PATCH v2 3/8] test-lib: allow test code to check the list of declared prerequisites

From
Tay Ray Chuan <rctay89@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 16, 2010, 18:36 UTC
Message-ID
<1287254223-4496-4-git-send-email-rctay89@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<1287254223-4496-3-git-send-email-rctay89@gmail.com>
From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>

This is plumbing to prepare helpers like test_terminal to notice buggy test scripts that do not declare all of the necessary prerequisites.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
---
  No change.
 t/test-lib.sh |   26 +++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/t/test-lib.sh b/t/test-lib.sh
index dff5e25..94bff17 100644
--- a/t/test-lib.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib.sh
@@ -362,6 +362,15 @@ test_have_prereq () {
 	test $total_prereq = $ok_prereq
 }
 
+test_declared_prereq () {
+	case ",$test_prereq," in
+	*,$1,*)
+		return 0
+		;;
+	esac
+	return 1
+}
+
 # You are not expected to call test_ok_ and test_failure_ directly, use
 # the text_expect_* functions instead.
 
@@ -414,17 +423,17 @@ test_skip () {
 			break
 		esac
 	done
-	if test -z "$to_skip" && test -n "$prereq" &&
-	   ! test_have_prereq "$prereq"
+	if test -z "$to_skip" && test -n "$test_prereq" &&
+	   ! test_have_prereq "$test_prereq"
 	then
 		to_skip=t
 	fi
 	case "$to_skip" in
 	t)
 		of_prereq=
-		if test "$missing_prereq" != "$prereq"
+		if test "$missing_prereq" != "$test_prereq"
 		then
-			of_prereq=" of $prereq"
+			of_prereq=" of $test_prereq"
 		fi
 
 		say_color skip >&3 "skipping test: $@"
@@ -438,9 +447,10 @@ test_skip () {
 }
 
 test_expect_failure () {
-	test "$#" = 3 && { prereq=$1; shift; } || prereq=
+	test "$#" = 3 && { test_prereq=$1; shift; } || test_prereq=
 	test "$#" = 2 ||
 	error "bug in the test script: not 2 or 3 parameters to test-expect-failure"
+	export test_prereq
 	if ! test_skip "$@"
 	then
 		say >&3 "checking known breakage: $2"
@@ -456,9 +466,10 @@ test_expect_failure () {
 }
 
 test_expect_success () {
-	test "$#" = 3 && { prereq=$1; shift; } || prereq=
+	test "$#" = 3 && { test_prereq=$1; shift; } || test_prereq=
 	test "$#" = 2 ||
 	error "bug in the test script: not 2 or 3 parameters to test-expect-success"
+	export test_prereq
 	if ! test_skip "$@"
 	then
 		say >&3 "expecting success: $2"
@@ -500,11 +511,12 @@ test_expect_code () {
 # Usage: test_external description command arguments...
 # Example: test_external 'Perl API' perl ../path/to/test.pl
 test_external () {
-	test "$#" = 4 && { prereq=$1; shift; } || prereq=
+	test "$#" = 4 && { test_prereq=$1; shift; } || test_prereq=
 	test "$#" = 3 ||
 	error >&5 "bug in the test script: not 3 or 4 parameters to test_external"
 	descr="$1"
 	shift
+	export test_prereq
 	if ! test_skip "$descr" "$@"
 	then
 		# Announce the script to reduce confusion about the
-- 
1.7.2.2.513.ge1ef3
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  1. Fix to push --progress. The --progress flag was not being passed into tranport.c from send-pack.h, making the --progress flag unusableChase Brammer, Oct 12, 2010
  2. Jonathan NiederOct 12, 2010
  3. Junio C HamanoOct 13, 2010
  4. Jeff KingOct 13, 2010
  5. Tay Ray ChuanOct 13, 2010
  6. 0/3 fix push --progress over file://, git://, etc.Tay Ray Chuan, Oct 13, 2010
  7. 1/3 t5523-push-upstream: add function to ensure fresh upstream repoTay Ray Chuan, Oct 13, 2010
  8. Jonathan NiederOct 13, 2010
  9. 2/3 t5523-push-upstream: test progress messagesTay Ray Chuan, Oct 13, 2010
  10. 3/3 push: pass --progress down to git-pack-objectsTay Ray Chuan, Oct 13, 2010
  11. Tay Ray ChuanOct 14, 2010
  12. Jeff KingOct 14, 2010
  13. Tay Ray ChuanOct 13, 2010
  14. 0/8 fix push --progress over file://, git://, etc.Tay Ray Chuan, Oct 16, 2010
  15. 1/8 tests: factor out terminal handling from t7006Tay Ray Chuan, Oct 16, 2010
  16. 2/8 tests: test terminal output to both stdout and stderrTay Ray Chuan, Oct 16, 2010
  17. 3/8 test-lib: allow test code to check the list of declared prerequisitesTay Ray Chuan, Oct 16, 2010
  18. 4/8 test_terminal: catch use without TTY prerequisiteTay Ray Chuan, Oct 16, 2010
  19. 5/8 test_terminal: give priority to test-terminal.perl usageTay Ray Chuan, Oct 16, 2010
  20. 6/8 t5523-push-upstream: add function to ensure fresh upstream repoTay Ray Chuan, Oct 16, 2010
  21. 7/8 t5523-push-upstream: test progress messagesTay Ray Chuan, Oct 16, 2010
  22. 8/8 push: pass --progress down to git-pack-objectsTay Ray Chuan, Oct 16, 2010
  23. Jonathan NiederOct 17, 2010
  24. Jonathan NiederOct 17, 2010
  25. Jeff KingOct 22, 2010
  26. Jonathan NiederOct 17, 2010
  27. 0/3 more push progress testsJeff King, Oct 14, 2010
  28. 1/3 tests: factor out terminal handling from t7006Jeff King, Oct 14, 2010
  29. Jonathan NiederOct 14, 2010
  30. 2/3 tests: test terminal output to both stdout and stderrJeff King, Oct 14, 2010
  31. Jonathan NiederOct 14, 2010
  32. 3/3 t5523: test push progress output to ttyJeff King, Oct 14, 2010
  33. Jonathan NiederOct 14, 2010
  34. Jeff KingOct 14, 2010
  35. 0/2 test_terminal: check that TTY prerequisite is declaredJonathan Nieder, Oct 14, 2010
  36. 1/2 test-lib: allow test code to check the list of declared prerequisitesJonathan Nieder, Oct 14, 2010
  37. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonOct 15, 2010
  38. Jonathan NiederOct 15, 2010
  39. 2/2 test_terminal: catch use without TTY prerequisiteJonathan Nieder, Oct 14, 2010
  40. Jeff KingOct 15, 2010
  41. Tay Ray ChuanOct 15, 2010

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