From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2021 17:17:29 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] test-lib.sh: remove the now-unused "test_untraceable" facility
Message-ID: <YbojKafkC/JcX4d1@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqh7b994tw.fsf@gitster.g>

On Wed, Dec 15, 2021 at 09:05:15AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> Still.  I wonder if keeping BASH_XTRACEFD helps developers, when
> they need to diagnose a new breakage?  If their new test fails only
> in the "dash -x" run but not "bash -x" at the CI, for example?

I have done that, but usually only after realizing that "./t1234-foo.sh"
passes and "./t1234-foo.sh -x" does not. So I think just tweaking use of
"-x" would be the main tool.

-Peff