Re: [PATCH] t/README: clarify test_must_fail description

From: Brandon Casey <casey@nrlssc.navy.mil>
Date: Jul 20, 2010, 21:12 UTC
Message-ID: <8HvhdiflWJtex2eC6n_6Q38YcvRRYhnh0scnq4s56M4wdwT_YlAiOw@cipher.nrlssc.navy.mil>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimjTxbw0FCujPNbkzuFAbdXZBgWMmDTQeAegvNq@mail.gmail.com>

On 07/20/2010 03:49 PM, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:

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> On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 19:16, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Ęvar Arnfjörš Bjarmason wrote:
>>
>>> That's what we seem to be doing in the tests so far, i.e. test_must_fail
>>> is reserved for git commands only.
>> test_must_fail relies on conventions for return value that cannot
>> necessarily be relied on from outside utilities.
> 
> Right, someone should send a patch for these:
> 
>     ack 'test_must_fail (?!git)' *sh
> 
> :)

You joke, but thanks to your prodding, I discovered these broken tests that should definitely all be fixed:

   $ perl -ne 'm/test_must_fail +[^ ]+=/ && print' *sh

        test_must_fail PAGER= git reflog show delta &&
        test_must_fail PAGER= git reflog show epsilon &&
        test_must_fail PAGER= git reflog show epsilon
        test_must_fail PAGER= git reflog show zeta &&
        test_must_fail PAGER= git reflog show eta &&
        test_must_fail PAGER= git reflog show eta
        test_must_fail PAGER= git reflog show beta
        test_must_fail MSG="yet another note" git notes add -c deadbeef &&

one-shot variable assignment does not work with test_must_fail.

See e2007832552ccea9befed9003580c494f09e666e for an explanation.

-brandon