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Re: [PATCH 1/7] test-lib: remove test_external

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Mar 10, 2021, 01:04 UTC
Message-ID
<xmqqsg53yg28.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To
<20210309160219.13779-2-avarab@gmail.com>
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason  <avarab@gmail.com> writes:
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> Remove the test_external function(s) in favor of running the Perl
> tests with a test_expect_success.
> ...
> My motivation for this is to eliminate a special case where things
> that aren't test-lib.sh are going to produce TAP, for reasons that'll
> be clear in subsequent commits.
Puzzled.
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>  .../netrc/t-git-credential-netrc.sh           |  7 +-
>  t/README                                      | 26 ------
>  t/t0202-gettext-perl.sh                       | 10 +--
>  t/t9700-perl-git.sh                           | 10 +--
>  t/test-lib-functions.sh                       | 89 +------------------
>  t/test-lib.sh                                 | 42 ++++-----
>  6 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 156 deletions(-)

Reducing the number of lines is always good, but is this essentially losing what the commit that added test_external wanted to add?

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> diff --git a/contrib/credential/netrc/t-git-credential-netrc.sh b/contrib/credential/netrc/t-git-credential-netrc.sh
> index 07227d02287..28118a9e194 100755
> --- a/contrib/credential/netrc/t-git-credential-netrc.sh
> +++ b/contrib/credential/netrc/t-git-credential-netrc.sh
> @@ -20,13 +20,10 @@
>  		'set up test repository' \
>  		'git config --add gpg.program test.git-config-gpg'
>  
> -	# The external test will outputs its own plan
> -	test_external_has_tap=1
> -
>  	export PERL5LIB="$GITPERLLIB"
> -	test_external \
> -		'git-credential-netrc' \
> +	test_expect_success 'git-credential-netrc' '
>  		perl "$GIT_BUILD_DIR"/contrib/credential/netrc/test.pl
> +	'
>  
>  	test_done
>  )
This is valid because we expect nobody runs this under tap?
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> diff --git a/t/t0202-gettext-perl.sh b/t/t0202-gettext-perl.sh
> index a29d166e007..06a93b36790 100755
> --- a/t/t0202-gettext-perl.sh
> +++ b/t/t0202-gettext-perl.sh
> @@ -17,11 +17,9 @@ perl -MTest::More -e 0 2>/dev/null || {
>  	test_done
>  }
>  
> -# The external test will outputs its own plan
> -test_external_has_tap=1
> -
> -test_external_without_stderr \
> -    'Perl Git::I18N API' \
> -    perl "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t0202/test.pl
> +test_expect_success 'run t0202/test.pl to test Git::I18N.pm' '
> +	perl "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t0202/test.pl 2>stderr &&
> +	test_must_be_empty stderr
> +'

So t0202/test.pl would still produce output that would confuse whoever is reading our output as TAP, and it is OK? If the redirection discards its standard output to /dev/null [*], I would sort-of understand how this may work (we would have let the perl script to emit 13 "ok" or "not ok" to our output, but now we discard that and write just one our own "ok" or "not ok", depending on what comes out to the standard error stream (e.g. "# Looks like you failed...").

But that is not what is going on. We'll let these 13 "ok" or "not ok" come out from the perl script and then add another on our own.

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> diff --git a/t/t9700-perl-git.sh b/t/t9700-perl-git.sh
> index 102c133112c..574c57b17f1 100755
> --- a/t/t9700-perl-git.sh
> +++ b/t/t9700-perl-git.sh
> @@ -50,11 +50,9 @@ test_expect_success \
  >       git config --add test.pathmulti bar
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>       '
>  
> -# The external test will outputs its own plan
> -test_external_has_tap=1
> -
> -test_external_without_stderr \
> -    'Perl API' \
> -    perl "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t9700/test.pl
> +test_expect_success 'use t9700/test.pl to test Git.pm' '
> +	perl "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t9700/test.pl 2>stderr &&
> +	test_must_be_empty stderr
> +'

Ditto. It seems that we are still letting the script, i.e. one of the "things that aren't test-lib.sh" to produce TAP anyway.

[Footnote]
* If we are truly somehow discarding these output that would be TAP
(13 tests in 0202 and uncounted in 9700) from being shown (by e.g.
redirecting output to /dev/null), it would be a regression for those
who debug breakage found by these tests.  They used to be told which
one failed and how but now they don't.  So I do not think that is a
useful way to go, either.
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  2. Stefan BellerOct 21, 2016
  3. Jeff KingOct 21, 2016
  4. Jeff KingOct 21, 2016
  5. 0/3 fix travis TAP/--verbose conflictJeff King, Oct 21, 2016
  6. 1/3 test-lib: handle TEST_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY with spacesJeff King, Oct 21, 2016
  7. 2/3 test-lib: add --verbose-log optionJeff King, Oct 21, 2016
  8. Junio C HamanoOct 21, 2016
  9. Jeff KingOct 21, 2016
  10. test-lib: make --verbose work under proveÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Feb 28, 2021
  11. Jeff KingMar 1, 2021
  12. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 1, 2021
  13. 0/6 test-lib: make --verbose output valid TAPÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 9, 2021
  14. SZEDER GáborMar 9, 2021
  15. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 9, 2021
  16. SZEDER GáborMar 9, 2021
  17. 3/7 test-lib: color "ok" TAP directives green under --verbose (or -x)Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 9, 2021
  18. 4/7 test-lib: add tee with TAP support to test-toolÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 9, 2021
  19. 2/7 test-lib: add say_color_tap helper to emit TAP formatÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 9, 2021
  20. Junio C HamanoMar 10, 2021
  21. 1/7 test-lib: remove test_externalÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 9, 2021
  22. Junio C HamanoMar 10, 2021
  23. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 10, 2021
  24. 5/7 test-lib: indent and format GIT_TEST_TEE_OUTPUT_FILE codeÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 9, 2021
  25. 7/7 test-lib: generate JUnit output via TAPÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 9, 2021
  26. Johannes SchindelinMar 19, 2021
  27. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 21, 2021
  28. Johannes SchindelinMar 22, 2021
  29. 6/7 test-lib: make --verbose output valid TAPÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 9, 2021
  30. SZEDER GáborMar 9, 2021
  31. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 9, 2021
  32. SZEDER GáborMar 9, 2021
  33. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 10, 2021
  34. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 16, 2021
  35. SZEDER GáborMar 9, 2021
  36. Junio C HamanoMar 10, 2021
  37. Chris TorekMar 10, 2021
  38. 3/3 travis: use --verbose-log test optionJeff King, Oct 21, 2016
  39. Stefan BellerOct 21, 2016
  40. Lars SchneiderOct 24, 2016
  41. Jacob KellerOct 21, 2016
  42. Jeff KingOct 21, 2016
  43. Jacob KellerOct 21, 2016
  44. Jeff KingOct 21, 2016
  45. Jacob KellerOct 21, 2016
  46. 4/3 test-lib: bail out when "-v" used under "prove"Jeff King, Oct 22, 2016
  47. Jacob KellerOct 22, 2016

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