From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:41:41 GMT
Subject: Re: [HACK] t/test-lib.sh HACK: Add -s/--show-hack to test suite.
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0807071540310.18205@racer>
In-Reply-To: <20080707140841.GB6726@leksak.fem-net>

Hi,

On Mon, 7 Jul 2008, Stephan Beyer wrote:

> > > This option realizes a stupid hack that tries to run the test cases 
> > > line by line (separated by &&).
> > 
> > In what way is that better than "sh -x t????-*.sh"?
> 
> Your suggestion is more like "./t????-*.sh -v" instead of -s, at least
> on bash and dash here.

No, I meant without "-v".

> But I didn't know the -x flag and it seems that this could be used in 
> test-lib.sh to make the hack faster, more robust and less hacky ;-)

It would obsolete your hack, I suggest.  Obviously, you haven't tried it 
yet.

Hth,
Dscho