Re: [PATCH 1/5] cmake: align CTest definition with Git's CI runs

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Aug 16, 2022, 10:11 UTC
Message-ID: <7ss9r585-14rs-so68-o2n3-9qn9qn530742@tzk.qr>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqczd8m1lr.fsf@gitster.g>

Hi Junio,

On Wed, 10 Aug 2022, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> "Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
> writes:
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> > While at it, enable the command trace via `-x` and verbose output via
> > `-v`, otherwise it would be near impossible to diagnose any problems.
>
> This sounds like a completely unrelated change.

It may sound like it, but it is not. In order to make sense of the broken tests, I needed access to more verbose output than our test scripts provide by default.

When running the test suite on the command-line, it is easy to tell the user "oh, if you need more information, just call the test script with these here options: ...".

This is not an option when running the tests within Visual Studio.

Does this clarify the intention and validity of the proposed patch? If so, I will gladly try my best to improve the commit message to explain that intention better.

Ciao, Dscho