test_common: disable fsync on the CLI where possible

This makes tests faster for users on slow TMPDIR (or not using
eatmydata) and forces coverage on a non-default switch.

Unfortunately, this doesn't yet cover InboxWritable usage.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/TestCommon.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/TestCommon.pm
index 2f4ca622..ec9191b6 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/TestCommon.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/TestCommon.pm
@@ -269,6 +269,9 @@ sub run_script ($;$$) {
                         die "unable to deal with $ref $redir";
                 }
         }
+        if ($key =~ /-(index|convert|extindex|convert|xcpdb)\z/) {
+                unshift @argv, '--no-fsync';
+        }
         if ($run_mode == 0) {
                 # spawn an independent new process, like real-world use cases:
                 require PublicInbox::Spawn;