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Re: [PATCH v2 5/8] t/README: Document test_external*

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Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 1, 2010, 20:52 UTC
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Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason  <avarab@gmail.com> writes:
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> + - test_external [<prereq>] <message> <external> <script>
> +
> +   Execute a <script> with an <external> interpreter (like perl). This
> +   was added for tests like t9700-perl-git.sh which do most of their
> +   work in an external test script.
> +
> +	test_external_without_stderr \
> +	    'Perl API' \
> +	    "$PERL_PATH" "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t9700/test.pl

I think this example was to be about 'test_external'; currently it duplicates example for 'test_external_without_stderr'.

Perhaps:
  +     test_external \
  +         'GitwebCache::*FileCache*' \
  +         "$PERL_PATH" "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t9503/test_cache_interface.pl
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> + - test_external_without_stderr [<prereq>] <message> <external> <script>
> +
> +   Like test_external but fail if there's any output on stderr,
> +   instead of checking the exit code.
> +
> +	test_external_without_stderr \
> +	    'Perl API' \
> +	    "$PERL_PATH" "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t9700/test.pl
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Jakub Narebski
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Message 9 of 14 in “Improvements for t/README”
  1. 0/8 Improvements for t/READMEÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 1, 2010
  2. 1/8 t/README: Tests are all +x, ./test, not sh ./testÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 1, 2010
  3. Junio C HamanoJul 1, 2010
  4. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 2, 2010
  5. 2/8 t/README: The trash is in 't/trash directory.$name'Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 1, 2010
  6. 3/8 t/README: Typo: paralell -> parallelÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 1, 2010
  7. 4/8 t/README: Document the prereq functions, and 3-arg test_*Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 1, 2010
  8. 5/8 t/README: Document test_external*Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 1, 2010
  9. Jakub NarebskiJul 1, 2010
  10. 5/8 t/README: Document test_external*Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 1, 2010
  11. 6/8 t/README: Document test_expect_codeÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 1, 2010
  12. 7/8 t/README: Add a section about skipping testsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 1, 2010
  13. 8/8 t/README: Document the do's and don'ts of testsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 1, 2010
  14. Jeff KingJul 2, 2010

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