Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] test-lib: allow selecting tests by substring/regex with --run

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Oct 15, 2020, 16:09 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqa6wnii80.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <20201014194926.GB365553@coredump.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> Thinking on it more, globs are probably a more natural fit here.
> Especially if we do eventually allow selection of scripts by name, too
> (e.g., for GIT_SKIP_TESTS), matching those filenames with a glob would
> match what happens on the command-line.

Ah, I didn't think of "match with filenames" but yes that is a good complement to our "match with test titles" to be consistent with.

Thanks.

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