Re: [PATCH v2] t/Makefile: add a rule to re-run previously-failed tests

> On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 10:48:19PM +0200, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
>
>> >  -failed: $(patsubst trash,,$(patsubst directory.%,%.sh,$(wildcard trash\ directory.t[0-9]*)))
>> >  +failed:
>> >  +      @failed=$$(cd '$(TEST_RESULTS_DIRECTORY_SQ)' && \
>> >  +              grep -l '^failed [1-9]' $$(ls -t *.counts | \
>> >  +                      sed 'G;h;/^\(t[^.]*\)-[0-9]*\..*\n\1-[0-9]*\./d;P;d') | \
>> >  +              sed -n 's/-[0-9]*\.counts$$/.sh/p') && \
>> >  +      test -z "$$failed" || $(MAKE) $$failed
>> >
>> >   prove: pre-clean $(TEST_LINT)
>> >         @echo "*** prove ***"; $(PROVE) --exec '$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)' $(GIT_PROVE_OPTS) $(T) :: $(GIT_TEST_OPTS)
>>
>> I don't at all mind this solution to the problem, if it works for that's cool.
>>
>> But FWIW something you may have missed is that you can just use
>> prove(1) for this, which is why I initially patched git.git to support
>> TAP, so I didn't have to implement stuff like this.
>
> Heh. I think each iteration of this patch will be destined to have
> somebody[1] point Johannes at prove. ;)
>
> (But I really do recommend prove if you can use it).
>
> -Peff
>
> [1] http://public-inbox.org/git/20160630063725.GC15380@sigill.intra.peff.net/