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Re: [PATCH 4/3] t/Makefile: introduce TEST_SHELL_PATH

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SZEDER Gábor <szeder.dev@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 20, 2017, 23:50 UTC
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<20171020235001.5072-1-szeder.dev@gmail.com>
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> On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 05:01:40PM -0400, Jeff King wrote:
> 
> > I sometimes run git's test suite as part of an automated testing
> > process. I was hoping to add "-x" support to get more details when a
> > test fails (since failures are sometimes hard to reproduce).
Would it make sense (or be feasible) to enable "-x" on Travis CI?
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> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index cd75985991..9baa3c4b50 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -425,6 +425,10 @@ all::
>  #
>  # to say "export LESS=FRX (and LV=-c) if the environment variable
>  # LESS (and LV) is not set, respectively".
> +#
> +# Define TEST_SHELL_PATH if you want to use a shell besides SHELL_PATH for
> +# running the test scripts (e.g., bash has better support for "set -x"
> +# tracing).
>  
>  GIT-VERSION-FILE: FORCE
>  	@$(SHELL_PATH) ./GIT-VERSION-GEN
> @@ -727,6 +731,8 @@ endif
>  export PERL_PATH
>  export PYTHON_PATH
>  
> +TEST_SHELL_PATH = $(SHELL_PATH)
> +
>  LIB_FILE = libgit.a
>  XDIFF_LIB = xdiff/lib.a
>  VCSSVN_LIB = vcs-svn/lib.a
> @@ -1721,6 +1727,7 @@ prefix_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(prefix))
>  gitwebdir_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(gitwebdir))
>  
>  SHELL_PATH_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(SHELL_PATH))
> +TEST_SHELL_PATH_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(TEST_SHELL_PATH))
>  PERL_PATH_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(PERL_PATH))
>  PYTHON_PATH_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(PYTHON_PATH))
>  TCLTK_PATH_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(TCLTK_PATH))
> @@ -2350,6 +2357,7 @@ GIT-LDFLAGS: FORCE
>  # and the first level quoting from the shell that runs "echo".
>  GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS: FORCE
>  	@echo SHELL_PATH=\''$(subst ','\'',$(SHELL_PATH_SQ))'\' >$@+
> +	@echo TEST_SHELL_PATH=\''$(subst ','\'',$(TEST_SHELL_PATH_SQ))'\' >$@+

This redirection overwrites, loosing the just written SHELL_PATH. It should append like the lines below.

>  	@echo PERL_PATH=\''$(subst ','\'',$(PERL_PATH_SQ))'\' >>$@+
>  	@echo DIFF=\''$(subst ','\'',$(subst ','\'',$(DIFF)))'\' >>$@+
>  	@echo PYTHON_PATH=\''$(subst ','\'',$(PYTHON_PATH_SQ))'\' >>$@+
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  1. 0/3 making test-suite tracing more usefulJeff King, Oct 19, 2017
  2. 1/3 test-lib: silence "-x" cleanup under bashJeff King, Oct 19, 2017
  3. 2/3 t5615: avoid re-using descriptor 4Jeff King, Oct 19, 2017
  4. Stefan BellerOct 19, 2017
  5. Jeff KingOct 19, 2017
  6. Jeff KingOct 20, 2017
  7. Stefan BellerOct 20, 2017
  8. Jeff KingOct 20, 2017
  9. Simon RuderichOct 21, 2017
  10. Junio C HamanoOct 21, 2017
  11. Jeff KingOct 21, 2017
  12. 3/3 test-lib: make "-x" work with "--verbose-log"Jeff King, Oct 19, 2017
  13. Johannes SchindelinOct 23, 2017
  14. 4/3 t/Makefile: introduce TEST_SHELL_PATHJeff King, Oct 20, 2017
  15. SZEDER GáborOct 20, 2017
  16. Jeff KingOct 21, 2017
  17. Johannes SchindelinOct 23, 2017
  18. Jeff KingOct 24, 2017
  19. Johannes SchindelinOct 25, 2017
  20. Jeff KingOct 25, 2017
  21. Johannes SchindelinOct 27, 2017
  22. Johannes SchindelinOct 23, 2017
  23. Jeff KingOct 24, 2017
  24. 0/4 making test-suite tracing more usefulJeff King, Dec 8, 2017
  25. 1/4 test-lib: silence "-x" cleanup under bashJeff King, Dec 8, 2017
  26. 2/4 t5615: avoid re-using descriptor 4Jeff King, Dec 8, 2017
  27. 3/4 test-lib: make "-x" work with "--verbose-log"Jeff King, Dec 8, 2017
  28. 4/4 t/Makefile: introduce TEST_SHELL_PATHJeff King, Dec 8, 2017
  29. Johannes SchindelinDec 8, 2017
  30. Jeff KingDec 8, 2017
  31. Johannes SchindelinDec 9, 2017
  32. Jeff KingDec 10, 2017
  33. Junio C HamanoDec 11, 2017
  34. Jeff KingDec 15, 2017
  35. Junio C HamanoDec 15, 2017
  36. Jeff KingDec 21, 2017

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