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Re: [PATCH] test-lib.sh: add --long-tests option

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jun 17, 2008, 07:15 UTC
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Lea Wiemann <lewiemann@gmail.com> writes:
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> Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> I am guessing that the reason why you do not unset GIT_TEST_LONG upfront
>> in the script is because the user can do:
>>
>>         $ GIT_TEST_LONG=t; export GIT_TEST_LONG
>>         $ ./t9999-this-test.sh
>>         $ ./t9999-that-test.sh
>>
>> or even:
>>
>> 	$ GIT_TEST_LONG=t make test
>
> Yes, that's the idea.
>
>> If that is the case, however, I wonder if this --long-tests option is even
>> necessary.
>
> It's very convenient for development, where you go back and forth
> between "./t9503-gitweb-Mechanize.sh -v -l" and
> "./t9503-gitweb-Mechanize.sh -v".  All it takes is to add or remove
> the "-l" at each invocation.  So I think the switch is actually quite
> useful.

Heh, one-shot export "GIT_TEST_LONG_t ./t9999-this-test.sh" would equally be swift, but Ok.

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