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Re: [PATCH 05/16] test-lib: Infrastructure to test and check for prerequisites

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Mar 21, 2009, 23:16 UTC
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Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> writes:
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> Some tests can be run only if a particular prerequisite is available. For
> example, some tests require that an UTF-8 locale is available. Here we
> introduce functions that are used in this way:
>
> 1. Insert code that checks whether the prerequisite is available. If it is,
>    call test_set_prereq with an arbitrary tag name that subsequently can be
>    used to check for the prerequisite:
>
>       case $LANG in
>       *.utf-8)
>             test_set_prereq UTF8
>             ;;
>       esac
>
> 2. In the calls to test_expect_success pass the tag name:
>
>       test_expect_success UTF8 '...description...' '...tests...'
>
> 3. There is an auxiliary predicate that can be used anywhere to test for
>    a prerequisite explicitly:
>
>       if test_have_prereq UTF8
>       then
>             ...code to be skipped if prerequisite is not available...
>       fi
>
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Very nicely done.  Thanks.
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Message 7 of 23 in “Tests on Windows - main part”
  1. 00/16 Tests on Windows - main partJohannes Sixt, Mar 21, 2009
  2. 01/16 test-lib: Work around incompatible sort and find on WindowsJohannes Sixt, Mar 21, 2009
  3. 02/16 test-lib: Work around missing sum on WindowsJohannes Sixt, Mar 21, 2009
  4. 03/16 Tests on Windows: $(pwd) must return Windows-style pathsJohannes Sixt, Mar 21, 2009
  5. 04/16 t0050: Check whether git init detected symbolic link support correctlyJohannes Sixt, Mar 21, 2009
  6. 05/16 test-lib: Infrastructure to test and check for prerequisitesJohannes Sixt, Mar 21, 2009
  7. Junio C HamanoMar 21, 2009
  8. 06/16 t3600: Use test prerequisite tagsJohannes Sixt, Mar 21, 2009
  9. Junio C HamanoMar 21, 2009
  10. 07/16 Skip tests that fail if the executable bit is not handled by the filesystemJohannes Sixt, Mar 21, 2009
  11. 08/16 t5302: Use prerequisite tags to skip 64-bit offset testsJohannes Sixt, Mar 21, 2009
  12. 09/16 t9100, t9129: Use prerequisite tags for UTF-8 testsJohannes Sixt, Mar 21, 2009
  13. 10/16 Use prerequisite tags to skip tests that depend on symbolic linksJohannes Sixt, Mar 21, 2009
  14. 11/16 t0060: Fix tests on WindowsJohannes Sixt, Mar 21, 2009
  15. 12/16 Skip tests that require a filesystem that obeys POSIX permissionsJohannes Sixt, Mar 21, 2009
  16. 13/16 t3700: Skip a test with backslashes in pathspecJohannes Sixt, Mar 21, 2009
  17. Junio C HamanoMar 21, 2009
  18. Johannes SixtMar 22, 2009
  19. Junio C HamanoMar 22, 2009
  20. 14/16 Use prerequisites to skip tests that need unzipJohannes Sixt, Mar 21, 2009
  21. 15/16 t7004: Use prerequisite tags to skip tests that need gpgJohannes Sixt, Mar 21, 2009
  22. 16/16 t5503: GIT_DEBUG_SEND_PACK is not supported on MinGWJohannes Sixt, Mar 21, 2009
  23. Johannes SixtMar 21, 2009

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