From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2022 19:44:34 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] t/*: avoid "whitelist"
Message-ID: <xmqqwnc8anvh.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <75cc0f43-d9a5-45d3-5e36-dd20acfebf50@github.com>

Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@github.com> writes:

>> 	GIT_TEST_PASSING_SANITIZE_LEAK=<bool> when compiled with
>> 	SANITIZE=leak will, when true, only run those tests that declare
>> 	themselves leak-free by setting "TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=true"
>> 	before sourcing "test-lib.sh". This test mode is used by the
>> 	"linux-leaks" CI target.
>
> Another iteration:
>
>   GIT_TEST_PASSING_SANITIZE_LEAK=<bool> focuses the test suite on finding
>   memory leaks. When the variable is true and Git is compiled with
>   SANITIZE=leak, only run those tests that declare themselves leak-free by
>   setting "TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=true" before sourcing "test-lib.sh".
>   This test mode is used by the "linux-leaks" CI target.

Sounds good.  These scripts opt into the sanitize-leak tests by
declaring themselves to be leak-free and that is captured very well
without using the *list word ;-)