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Re: [PATCH] ci(*-leaks): skip the git-svn tests to save time

From
PWPhillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 20, 2026, 10:34 UTC
Message-ID
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On 17/01/2026 18:34, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> 
> Yup, I generally like this direction, and introducing NO_P4_TESTS
> and NO_CVS_TESTS would not be so bad.  Here is how it looks on top
> of Dscho's patch.
> 
> --- >8 ---
> Subject: [PATCH] ci: skip CVS and P4 tests in leaks job, too
> 
> Looking at the CI logs, the p4 and cvs tests account for another 24
> minutes of test time and they offer minimal value for quite a
> similar reason as the previous step.
> 
> Let's introduce and use a mechanism to skip these tests to save
> some resources.

The patch looks good to me, it is very convenient that we can put the test in the library files rather than each test file. Should we drop these tests from the ASan job as well?

Thanks
Phillip
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> Suggested-by: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
> ---
>   ci/lib.sh       | 2 ++
>   t/lib-cvs.sh    | 6 ++++++
>   t/lib-git-p4.sh | 5 +++++
>   3 files changed, 13 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/ci/lib.sh b/ci/lib.sh
> index a165c7f268..3ecbf147db 100755
> --- a/ci/lib.sh
> +++ b/ci/lib.sh
> @@ -356,7 +356,9 @@ linux-musl-meson)
>   	;;
>   linux-leaks|linux-reftable-leaks)
>   	export SANITIZE=leak
> +	export NO_CVS_TESTS=LetsSaveSomeTime
>   	export NO_SVN_TESTS=LetsSaveSomeTime
> +	export NO_P4_TESTS=LetsSaveSomeTime
>   	;;
>   linux-asan-ubsan)
>   	export SANITIZE=address,undefined
> diff --git a/t/lib-cvs.sh b/t/lib-cvs.sh
> index 57b9b2db9b..c8b4404888 100644
> --- a/t/lib-cvs.sh
> +++ b/t/lib-cvs.sh
> @@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
>   
>   . ./test-lib.sh
>   
> +if test -n "$NO_CVS_TESTS"
> +then
> +	skip_all='skipping git cvs tests, NO_CVS_TESTS defined'
> +	test_done
> +fi
> +
>   unset CVS_SERVER
>   
>   if ! type cvs >/dev/null 2>&1
> diff --git a/t/lib-git-p4.sh b/t/lib-git-p4.sh
> index 2a5b8738ea..d22e9c684a 100644
> --- a/t/lib-git-p4.sh
> +++ b/t/lib-git-p4.sh
> @@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ P4D_TIMEOUT=300
>   
>   . ./test-lib.sh
>   
> +if test -n "$NO_P4_TESTS"
> +then
> +	skip_all='skipping git p4 tests, NO_P4_TESTS defined'
> +	test_done
> +fi
>   if ! test_have_prereq PYTHON
>   then
>   	skip_all='skipping git p4 tests; python not available'
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  1. ci(*-leaks): skip the git-svn tests to save timeJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Jan 16, 2026
  2. Junio C HamanoJan 16, 2026
  3. Phillip WoodJan 17, 2026
  4. Junio C HamanoJan 17, 2026
  5. Kristoffer HaugsbakkJan 17, 2026
  6. Junio C HamanoJan 18, 2026
  7. Phillip WoodJan 20, 2026
  8. Phillip WoodJan 20, 2026
  9. Junio C HamanoJan 20, 2026
  10. Phillip WoodJan 23, 2026
  11. Junio C HamanoJan 23, 2026
  12. Phillip WoodJan 26, 2026
  13. Junio C HamanoJan 26, 2026

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