Re: [PATCH v5 1/5] test-lib: Adjust output to be valid TAP format

> Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> diff --git a/t/README b/t/README
>> index 0e4e8d8..aa4ed28 100644
>> --- a/t/README
>> +++ b/t/README
>> @@ -18,25 +18,48 @@ The easiest way to run tests is to say "make".  This runs all
>> ...
>
> This describes the general framework of tests from the point of view of a
> person who runs them and reads their output well.  I'll replace ab/tap
> topic with these five patches.
>
> I'd however like to ask you to update the sections in t/README to help
> test writers.  You have gained enough experience with patches 4 and 5 (and
> with patch 2 for Perl tests) to know what kind of script constructs, used
> by people who are used to the old way of writing our tests, would cause
> the TAP stuff to break, and are in the ideal position to rewrite that
> section.  Two examples of what is drastically different from the old world
> order are "do not print to the standard output strings that begin with XX
> (or partial lines)" and "here is how to skip the remainder of the tests",
> but you may have a handful of more rules.  I expect that "Writing Tests"
> through "Test harness library" sections would be affected.
>
> Earlier I kept wondering if this series is worth the trouble.  Having to
> learn and follow the set of these new rules is exactly what I meant by
> "trouble".  Let's make sure that the new rules are clear, small, and easy
> to follow for other contributors.