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Re: [PATCH v2] t0091-bugreport.sh: actually verify some content of report

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PWPhillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 3, 2023, 15:47 UTC
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<2f516828-deee-5c78-a08d-7a64e457f91a@gmail.com>
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<20230701192642.647167-1-martin.agren@gmail.com>
Hi Martin
On 01/07/2023 20:26, Martin Ågren wrote:
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> In the first test in this script, 'creates a report with content in the
> right places', we generate a report and pipe it into our helper
> `check_all_headers_populated()`. The idea of the helper is to find all
> lines that look like headers ("[Some Header Here]") and to check that
> the next line is non-empty. This is supposed to catch erroneous outputs
> such as the following:
> 
>    [A Header]
>    something
>    more here
> 
>    [Another Header]
> 
>    [Too Early Header]
>    contents
> 
> However, we provide the lines of the bug report as filenames to grep,
> meaning we mostly end up spewing errors:
> 
>    grep: : No such file or directory
>    grep: [System Info]: No such file or directory
>    grep: git version:: No such file or directory
>    grep: git version 2.41.0.2.gfb7d80edca: No such file or directory
> 
> This doesn't disturb the test, which tugs along and reports success, not
> really having verified the contents of the report at all.
Thanks for the clear description of the problem and for fixing it
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> Note that after 788a776069 ("bugreport: collect list of populated
> hooks", 2020-05-07), the bug report, which is created in our hook-less
> test repo, contains an empty section with the enabled hooks. Thus, even
> the intention of our helper is a bit misguided: there is nothing
> inherently wrong with having an empty section in the bug report.
> 
> Let's instead split this test into three: first verify that we generate
> a report at all, then check that the introductory blurb looks the way it
> should, then verify that the "[System Info]" seems to contain the right
> things. (The "[Enabled Hooks]" section is tested later in the script.)
That sounds like a good plan
> +test_expect_success 'report contains wanted template (before first section)' '
> +	awk "/^\[/ { exit } { print }" git-bugreport-format.txt >actual &&
Personally I'd find
	sed -n -e '/^\[/q;p' git-bugreport-format.txt >actual

easier to understand but that's probably because I don't use awk very much. I'm not sure it is worth a re-roll though as I see we do use awk in a few of the other test scripts.

Best Wishes
Phillip
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  1. 0/5 git-bugreport with fixed VS buildEmily Shaffer, Apr 16, 2020
  2. 1/5 help: move list_config_help to builtin/helpEmily Shaffer, Apr 16, 2020
  3. Junio C HamanoApr 16, 2020
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  5. Emily ShafferApr 17, 2020
  6. Danh DoanApr 17, 2020
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  8. Makefile: add missing dependencies of 'config-list.h'SZEDER Gábor, Apr 8, 2021
  9. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonApr 8, 2021
  10. Jeff KingApr 8, 2021
  11. SZEDER GáborApr 9, 2021
  12. Junio C HamanoApr 16, 2021
  13. SZEDER GáborApr 16, 2021
  14. Junio C HamanoApr 16, 2021
  15. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonApr 13, 2021
  16. 2/5 bugreport: add tool to generate debugging infoEmily Shaffer, Apr 16, 2020
  17. SZEDER GáborAug 12, 2020
  18. SZEDER GáborApr 8, 2021
  19. 4/5 bugreport: add uname infoEmily Shaffer, Apr 16, 2020
  20. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonApr 8, 2021
  21. Junio C HamanoApr 8, 2021
  22. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonApr 8, 2021
  23. Emily ShafferApr 8, 2021
  24. Junio C HamanoApr 8, 2021
  25. SZEDER GáborApr 9, 2021
  26. t0091-bugreport.sh: actually verify some content of reportMartin Ågren, Apr 11, 2021
  27. Junio C HamanoApr 12, 2021
  28. Martin ÅgrenApr 13, 2021
  29. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonApr 13, 2021
  30. Emily ShafferApr 13, 2021
  31. t0091-bugreport.sh: actually verify some content of reportMartin Ågren, Jul 1, 2023
  32. Phillip WoodJul 3, 2023
  33. Martin ÅgrenJul 5, 2023
  34. t0091-bugreport.sh: actually verify some content of reportMartin Ågren, Jul 5, 2023
  35. Phillip WoodJul 5, 2023
  36. SZEDER GáborApr 13, 2021
  37. 3/5 bugreport: gather git version and build infoEmily Shaffer, Apr 16, 2020
  38. 5/5 bugreport: add compiler infoEmily Shaffer, Apr 16, 2020
  39. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonApr 8, 2021
  40. Đoàn Trần Công DanhApr 8, 2021

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