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Re: [PATCH 00/15] tests: don't ignore "git" exit codes

From
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 4, 2022, 06:57 UTC
Message-ID
<220304.86zgm6fbk3.gmgdl@evledraar.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Mar 03 2022, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Yes, it returns the correct status code, but that doesn't help with
>> (pseudo)code like:
>>
>> 	if (run_command("foo")) /* exits with e.g. 123 */
>> 		die("oh no, foo failed"); /* exits with 128 */
>>
>> I should have said "code using run-command.c does not do that...",
>> sorry.
>
> Yeah, but even if callers of run_command() can tell "foo"
> segfaulted, I do not think it is sensible to exit as if we
> segfaulted (or, we _could_ actually die by segfaulting ourselves,
> which is worse).

I should have made it clear that I'm thinking about this as a test-only mode, so hidden behind some GIT_TEST_* variable, i.e. as a means to an end in getting the test suite to spot the failure in the sub-process.

It's not the only way to do it, but it's the simplest and most reliable given how our tests are run.

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Message 30 of 48 in “tests: don't ignore "git" exit codes”
  1. 00/15 tests: don't ignore "git" exit codesÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 2, 2022
  2. 07/15 merge tests: use "test_must_fail" instead of ad-hoc patternÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 2, 2022
  3. 08/15 rev-parse tests: don't ignore "git reflog" exit codeÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 2, 2022
  4. 02/15 tests: use "test_stdout_line_count", not "test $(git [...] | wc -l)"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 2, 2022
  5. 05/15 diff tests: don't ignore "git diff" exit code in "read" loopÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 2, 2022
  6. 01/15 tests: change some 'test $(git) = "x"' to test_cmpÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 2, 2022
  7. 12/15 gettext tests: don't ignore "test-tool regex" exit codeÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 2, 2022
  8. Junio C HamanoMar 2, 2022
  9. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 3, 2022
  10. Junio C HamanoMar 3, 2022
  11. 13/15 apply tests: don't ignore "git ls-files" exit code, drop sub-shellÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 2, 2022
  12. 14/15 checkout tests: don't ignore "git <cmd>" exit codeÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 2, 2022
  13. 15/15 rev-list simplify tests: don't ignore "git" exit codeÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 2, 2022
  14. 11/15 rev-list tests: don't hide abort() in "test_expect_failure"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 2, 2022
  15. Junio C HamanoMar 2, 2022
  16. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 3, 2022
  17. 10/15 diff tests: don't ignore "git rev-list" exit codeÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 2, 2022
  18. 09/15 notes tests: don't ignore "git" exit codeÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 2, 2022
  19. 03/15 read-tree tests: check "diff-files" exit code on failureÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 2, 2022
  20. Junio C HamanoMar 2, 2022
  21. 06/15 apply tests: use "test_must_fail" instead of ad-hoc patternÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 2, 2022
  22. Junio C HamanoMar 2, 2022
  23. 04/15 diff tests: don't ignore "git diff" exit codeÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 2, 2022
  24. Junio C HamanoMar 2, 2022
  25. Derrick StoleeMar 3, 2022
  26. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 3, 2022
  27. Phillip WoodMar 3, 2022
  28. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 3, 2022
  29. Junio C HamanoMar 4, 2022
  30. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 4, 2022
  31. Shubham MishraMar 3, 2022
  32. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 3, 2022
  33. 00/15 tests: don't ignore "git" exit codesÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 7, 2022
  34. 01/15 tests: change some 'test $(git) = "x"' to test_cmpÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 7, 2022
  35. 02/15 tests: use "test_stdout_line_count", not "test $(git [...] | wc -l)"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 7, 2022
  36. 03/15 read-tree tests: check "diff-files" exit code on failureÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 7, 2022
  37. 04/15 diff tests: don't ignore "git diff" exit codeÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 7, 2022
  38. 05/15 diff tests: don't ignore "git diff" exit code in "read" loopÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 7, 2022
  39. 06/15 apply tests: use "test_must_fail" instead of ad-hoc patternÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 7, 2022
  40. 07/15 merge tests: use "test_must_fail" instead of ad-hoc patternÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 7, 2022
  41. 08/15 rev-parse tests: don't ignore "git reflog" exit codeÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 7, 2022
  42. 09/15 notes tests: don't ignore "git" exit codeÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 7, 2022
  43. 10/15 diff tests: don't ignore "git rev-list" exit codeÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 7, 2022
  44. 12/15 gettext tests: don't ignore "test-tool regex" exit codeÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 7, 2022
  45. 13/15 apply tests: don't ignore "git ls-files" exit code, drop sub-shellÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 7, 2022
  46. 14/15 checkout tests: don't ignore "git <cmd>" exit codeÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 7, 2022
  47. 11/15 rev-list tests: don't hide abort() in "test_expect_failure"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 7, 2022
  48. 15/15 rev-list simplify tests: don't ignore "git" exit codeÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 7, 2022

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