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Re: [PATCH 1/1] Makefile: add prove and coverage-prove targets

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Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 29, 2019, 18:10 UTC
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On 1/29/2019 12:34 PM, SZEDER Gábor wrote:
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> On Tue, Jan 29, 2019 at 04:58:27PM +0100, SZEDER Gábor wrote:
> And in the related email discussion [1]:
> 
>   But even though the docs claim it [-j<N>] should be possible,
>   I've been getting "random" test failures when compiled with coverage
>   support, that went away with -j1.  So the tests still run with -j1, as
>   with the first version of the series.
> 
> So it doesn't seem to be that bad after all, because it's not
> "completely breaks" but "random test failures".  Still far from ideal,
> but the original coverage patch is just about 3 weeks short of a
> decade old, so maybe things have improved since then, and it'd be
> worth a try to leave GIT_PROVE_OPTS as is and see what happens.

It would certainly be nice if the build time could be reduced through parallel test runs. I've kicked off a build using GIT_PROVE_OPTS="-j12" to see what happens.

Thanks! -Stolee

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  1. 0/1 Makefile: add prove and coverage-prove targetsDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Jan 29, 2019
  2. 1/1 Makefile: add prove and coverage-prove targetsDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Jan 29, 2019
  3. Johannes SchindelinJan 29, 2019
  4. SZEDER GáborJan 29, 2019
  5. Derrick StoleeJan 29, 2019
  6. Jeff KingJan 29, 2019
  7. SZEDER GáborJan 29, 2019
  8. Derrick StoleeJan 29, 2019
  9. Derrick StoleeJan 29, 2019
  10. SZEDER GáborJan 29, 2019
  11. Jeff KingJan 29, 2019
  12. Derrick StoleeJan 29, 2019
  13. Jeff KingJan 29, 2019
  14. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJan 29, 2019
  15. Jeff KingJan 29, 2019
  16. Johannes SchindelinJan 30, 2019
  17. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJan 30, 2019
  18. Johannes SchindelinJan 30, 2019
  19. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJan 30, 2019
  20. Johannes SchindelinJan 31, 2019
  21. 0/1 Makefile: add prove and coverage-prove targetsDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Jan 29, 2019
  22. 1/1 Makefile: add coverage-prove targetDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Jan 29, 2019

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