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Re: make test failure with latest master

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Dec 3, 2007, 07:35 UTC
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<20071203073553.GA3614@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 08:33:27AM +0100, Johannes Sixt wrote:
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>> -	test_expect_success 'skipping cvsimport tests, cvs/cvsps not found' ''
>> +	test_expect_success 'skipping cvsimport tests, cvs not found' ''
>
> FWIW, the idiom to provide informative messages in test cases is
>
> 	say 'skipping cvsimport tests, cvs not found'
>
> This gives a distinguishing color, too.

Ah, I adapted the test from t9400, which uses expect_success. Thanks for the tip.

-Peff
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  1. A Large Angry SCMDec 2, 2007
  2. Jakub NarebskiDec 2, 2007
  3. A Large Angry SCMDec 2, 2007
  4. Jeff KingDec 2, 2007
  5. A Large Angry SCMDec 2, 2007
  6. Johannes SchindelinDec 2, 2007
  7. Jeff KingDec 3, 2007
  8. Johannes SixtDec 3, 2007
  9. Jeff KingDec 3, 2007
  10. A Large Angry SCMDec 3, 2007
  11. Junio C HamanoDec 3, 2007
  12. A Large Angry SCMDec 3, 2007
  13. t9600: require cvsps 2.1 to perform testsJeff King, Dec 4, 2007
  14. Junio C HamanoDec 4, 2007
  15. Jeff KingDec 4, 2007
  16. Junio C HamanoDec 4, 2007
  17. Jeff KingDec 5, 2007
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