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Re: [PATCH 10/10] log tests: don't use "exit 1" outside a sub-shell

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jul 20, 2022, 17:11 UTC
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Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason  <avarab@gmail.com> writes:
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> Change an "exit 1" added in ac52d9410e5 (t4205: cover `git log
> --reflog -z` blindspot, 2019-11-19) to use "return 1" instead, which
> curiously was done in an adjacent test case added in the same commit.
>
> Using "exit 1" outside a sub-shell will cause the test framework
> itself to exit on failure, which isn't what we want to do here.
>
> This issue was spotted with the new
> "GIT_TEST_PASSING_SANITIZE_LEAK=check" mode, i.e. that "git show"
> command leaks memory, and we'd thus "exit 1". Another implementation
> of "GIT_TEST_PASSING_SANITIZE_LEAK=check" or "--invert-exit-code"
> might have intercepted the "exit 1", and thus hidden the underlying
> issue here, but we correctly distinguish the two.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
> ---
>  t/t4205-log-pretty-formats.sh | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Let's not bury this, which does not have to depend on the rest of the patches in this series, at the end. Instead have this a separate topic, on which this topic may depend on.

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>
> diff --git a/t/t4205-log-pretty-formats.sh b/t/t4205-log-pretty-formats.sh
> index e448ef2928a..0404491d6ee 100755
> --- a/t/t4205-log-pretty-formats.sh
> +++ b/t/t4205-log-pretty-formats.sh
> @@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ test_expect_success 'NUL termination with --reflog --pretty=oneline' '
>  	for r in $revs
>  	do
>  		git show -s --pretty=oneline "$r" >raw &&
> -		cat raw | lf_to_nul || exit 1
> +		cat raw | lf_to_nul || return 1
>  	done >expect &&
>  	# the trailing NUL is already produced so we do not need to
>  	# output another one
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Message 16 of 57 in “leak test: add "check" test mode, mark leak-free tests”
  1. 00/10 leak test: add "check" test mode, mark leak-free testsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 19, 2022
  2. 01/10 test-lib.sh: use $1, not $@ in test_known_broken_{ok,failure}_Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 19, 2022
  3. 02/10 test-lib.sh: don't set GIT_EXIT_OK before calling test_atexit_handlerÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 19, 2022
  4. 03/10 test-lib.sh: fix GIT_EXIT_OK logic errors, use BAIL_OUTÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 19, 2022
  5. 04/10 test-lib.sh: add a --invert-exit-code switchÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 19, 2022
  6. 07/10 test-lib.sh: add a GIT_TEST_PASSING_SANITIZE_LEAK=check modeÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 19, 2022
  7. Derrick StoleeJul 20, 2022
  8. 06/10 test-lib: add a SANITIZE=leak logging modeÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 19, 2022
  9. 05/10 t/README: reword the "GIT_TEST_PASSING_SANITIZE_LEAK" descriptionÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 19, 2022
  10. Derrick StoleeJul 20, 2022
  11. 09/10 leak tests: mark passing SANITIZE=leak tests as leak-freeÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 19, 2022
  12. Derrick StoleeJul 20, 2022
  13. 08/10 test-lib: have the "check" mode for SANITIZE=leak consider leak logsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 19, 2022
  14. Derrick StoleeJul 20, 2022
  15. 10/10 log tests: don't use "exit 1" outside a sub-shellÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 19, 2022
  16. Junio C HamanoJul 20, 2022
  17. 00/14 leak test: add "check" test mode, mark leak-free testsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 20, 2022
  18. 01/14 test-lib: use $1, not $@ in test_known_broken_{ok,failure}_Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 20, 2022
  19. 02/14 test-lib: don't set GIT_EXIT_OK before calling test_atexit_handlerÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 20, 2022
  20. 03/14 test-lib: fix GIT_EXIT_OK logic errors, use BAIL_OUTÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 20, 2022
  21. 04/14 test-lib: add a --invert-exit-code switchÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 20, 2022
  22. 05/14 t/README: reword the "GIT_TEST_PASSING_SANITIZE_LEAK" descriptionÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 20, 2022
  23. 06/14 test-lib: add a SANITIZE=leak logging modeÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 20, 2022
  24. 07/14 t/Makefile: don't remove test-results in "clean-except-prove-cache"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 20, 2022
  25. 08/14 tests: move copy/pasted PERL + Test::More checks to a lib-perl.shÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 20, 2022
  26. 10/14 test-lib: add a GIT_TEST_PASSING_SANITIZE_LEAK=check modeÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 20, 2022
  27. 09/14 test-lib: simplify by removing test_externalÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 20, 2022
  28. 11/14 test-lib: have the "check" mode for SANITIZE=leak consider leak logsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 20, 2022
  29. 12/14 leak tests: mark passing SANITIZE=leak tests as leak-freeÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 20, 2022
  30. 13/14 upload-pack: fix a memory leak in create_pack_file()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 20, 2022
  31. 14/14 CI: use "GIT_TEST_SANITIZE_LEAK_LOG=true" in linux-leaksÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 20, 2022
  32. 00/15 leak test: add "check" test mode, mark leak-free testsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 27, 2022
  33. 01/15 test-lib: use $1, not $@ in test_known_broken_{ok,failure}_Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 27, 2022
  34. 02/15 test-lib: don't set GIT_EXIT_OK before calling test_atexit_handlerÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 27, 2022
  35. 03/15 test-lib: fix GIT_EXIT_OK logic errors, use BAIL_OUTÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 27, 2022
  36. 05/15 t/README: reword the "GIT_TEST_PASSING_SANITIZE_LEAK" descriptionÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 27, 2022
  37. 04/15 test-lib: add a --invert-exit-code switchÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 27, 2022
  38. 06/15 test-lib: add a SANITIZE=leak logging modeÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 27, 2022
  39. 07/15 t/Makefile: don't remove test-results in "clean-except-prove-cache"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 27, 2022
  40. t/Makefile: remove 'test-results' on 'make clean'SZEDER Gábor, Sep 20, 2022
  41. Jeff KingSep 20, 2022
  42. SZEDER GáborSep 20, 2022
  43. Jeff KingSep 20, 2022
  44. t/Makefile: remove 'test-results' on 'make clean'SZEDER Gábor, Sep 20, 2022
  45. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonSep 21, 2022
  46. Junio C HamanoSep 21, 2022
  47. Junio C HamanoSep 21, 2022
  48. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonSep 26, 2022
  49. Junio C HamanoSep 26, 2022
  50. 08/15 tests: move copy/pasted PERL + Test::More checks to a lib-perl.shÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 27, 2022
  51. 09/15 test-lib: simplify by removing test_externalÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 27, 2022
  52. 10/15 test-lib: add a GIT_TEST_PASSING_SANITIZE_LEAK=check modeÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 27, 2022
  53. 12/15 leak tests: don't skip some tests under SANITIZE=leakÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 27, 2022
  54. 11/15 test-lib: have the "check" mode for SANITIZE=leak consider leak logsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 27, 2022
  55. 13/15 leak tests: mark passing SANITIZE=leak tests as leak-freeÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 27, 2022
  56. 15/15 CI: use "GIT_TEST_SANITIZE_LEAK_LOG=true" in linux-leaksÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 27, 2022
  57. 14/15 upload-pack: fix a memory leak in create_pack_file()Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 27, 2022

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