From: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Junio C Hamano" <gitster@pobox.com>, "Jeff King" <peff@peff.net>,
"Jakub Narebski" <jnareb@gmail.com>,
"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 5/8] t/README: Document test_external*
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 21:18:20 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1278019100-8332-1-git-send-email-avarab@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m3630zncwx.fsf@localhost.localdomain>
There was do documentation for the test_external_without_stderr and
test_external functions.
Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
---
On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 20:52, Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think this example was to be about 'test_external'; currently it
> duplicates example for 'test_external_without_stderr'.
Quite correct. Here's a fixed patch that uses your example. Thanks.
t/README | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/t/README b/t/README
index 2df56a8..3c31cff 100644
--- a/t/README
+++ b/t/README
@@ -330,6 +330,33 @@ library for your script to use.
test_done
fi
+ - 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 \
+ 'GitwebCache::*FileCache*' \
+ "$PERL_PATH" "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t9503/test_cache_interface.pl
+
+ If the test is outputting its own TAP you should set the
+ test_external_has_tap variable somewhere before calling the first
+ test_external* function. See t9700-perl-git.sh for an example.
+
+ # The external test will outputs its own plan
+ test_external_has_tap=1
+
+ - 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
+
+
Tips for Writing Tests
----------------------
--
1.7.1.251.g92a7
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-07-01 21:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-07-01 20:17 [PATCH v2 0/8] Improvements for t/README Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-07-01 20:17 ` [PATCH v2 1/8] t/README: Tests are all +x, ./test, not sh ./test Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-07-01 23:54 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-07-02 1:00 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-07-01 20:17 ` [PATCH v2 2/8] t/README: The trash is in 't/trash directory.$name' Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-07-01 20:17 ` [PATCH v2 3/8] t/README: Typo: paralell -> parallel Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-07-01 20:17 ` [PATCH v2 4/8] t/README: Document the prereq functions, and 3-arg test_* Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-07-01 20:17 ` [PATCH v2 5/8] t/README: Document test_external* Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-07-01 20:52 ` Jakub Narebski
2010-07-01 21:18 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason [this message]
2010-07-01 20:17 ` [PATCH v2 6/8] t/README: Document test_expect_code Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-07-01 20:17 ` [PATCH v2 7/8] t/README: Add a section about skipping tests Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-07-01 20:17 ` [PATCH v2 8/8] t/README: Document the do's and don'ts of tests Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-07-02 7:28 ` [PATCH v2 0/8] Improvements for t/README Jeff King
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