Re: [PATCH 1/2] gc: add tests for --cruft and friends

["Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Aug 03 2022, Emily Shaffer wrote:

> In 5b92477f89 (builtin/gc.c: conditionally avoid pruning objects via
> loose, 2022-05-20) gc learned to respect '--cruft' and 'gc.cruftPacks'.
> '--cruft' is exercised in t5329-pack-objects-cruft.sh, but in a way that
> doesn't check whether a lone gc run generates these cruft packs.
> 'gc.cruftPacks' is never exercised.
>
> Add some tests to exercise these options to gc in the gc test suite.
>
> Signed-off-by: Emily Shaffer <emilyshaffer@google.com>
> ---
>  t/t6500-gc.sh | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 36 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/t/t6500-gc.sh b/t/t6500-gc.sh
> index cd6c53360d..e4c2c3583d 100755
> --- a/t/t6500-gc.sh
> +++ b/t/t6500-gc.sh
> @@ -202,6 +202,42 @@ test_expect_success 'one of gc.reflogExpire{Unreachable,}=never does not skip "e
>  	grep -E "^trace: (built-in|exec|run_command): git reflog expire --" trace.out
>  '
>  
> +test_expect_success 'gc --cruft generates a cruft pack' '
> +	git init crufts &&
> +	test_when_finished "rm -fr crufts" &&

Let's "test_when_finished" first, then "git init", the point is to clean
up the directory if we fail.

> +	(
> +		cd crufts &&
> +		test_commit base &&
> +
> +		test_commit --no-tag foo &&
> +		test_commit --no-tag bar &&
> +		git reset HEAD^^ &&
> +
> +		git gc --cruft &&
> +
> +		cruft=$(basename $(ls .git/objects/pack/pack-*.mtimes) .mtimes) &&
> +		test_path_is_file .git/objects/pack/$cruft.pack
> +	)
> +'

...this...

> +test_expect_success 'gc.cruftPacks=true generates a cruft pack' '
> +	git init crufts &&
> +	test_when_finished "rm -fr crufts" &&
> +	(
> +		cd crufts &&
> +		test_commit base &&
> +
> +		test_commit --no-tag foo &&
> +		test_commit --no-tag bar &&
> +		git reset HEAD^^ &&
> +
> +		git -c gc.cruftPacks=true gc &&
> +
> +		cruft=$(basename $(ls .git/objects/pack/pack-*.mtimes) .mtimes) &&
> +		test_path_is_file .git/objects/pack/$cruft.pack
> +	)
> +'
> +

...whole thing seems to be copy/pasted aside from the git options.

If so let's factor this into a trivial helper that invokes git "$@",
then call it with "gc --cruft" and "-c ..."?