Re: [PATCH v2] t/README: suggest how to leave test early with failure
On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 7:49 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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> Over time, we added the support to our test framework to make it
> easy to leave a test early with failure, but it was not clearly
> documented in t/README to help developers writing new tests.
>
> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
> ---
> diff --git a/t/README b/t/README
> @@ -550,6 +550,40 @@ Here are the "do's:"
> + test_expect_success 'test three things' '
> + for i in one two three
> + do
> + test_something "$i"
> + done &&
> + test_something_else
> + '
> +
> + Because the status of the loop itself is the exit status of the
> + test_something in the last round, the loop does not fail when
> + "test_something" for "one" or "two". This is not what you want.