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From: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Junio C Hamano" <gitster@pobox.com>,
	"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 5/8] t/README: Document test_external*
Date: Thu,  1 Jul 2010 15:10:01 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1277997004-29504-6-git-send-email-avarab@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1277997004-29504-1-git-send-email-avarab@gmail.com>

There was do documentation for the test_external_without_stderr and
test_external functions.

Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
---
 t/README |   27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/t/README b/t/README
index 67f8f30..43d6d4d 100644
--- a/t/README
+++ b/t/README
@@ -329,6 +329,33 @@ library for your script to use.
 	    skip_all='skipping perl interface tests, perl not available'
 	    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_without_stderr \
+	    'Perl API' \
+	    "$PERL_PATH" "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t9700/test.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

  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-07-01 15:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-07-01 15:09 [PATCH 0/8] Improvements for t/README Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-07-01 15:09 ` [PATCH 1/8] t/README: Tests are all +x, ./test, not sh ./test Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-07-01 15:42   ` Jeff King
2010-07-01 15:09 ` [PATCH 2/8] t/README: The trash is in 't/trash directory.$name' Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-07-01 15:44   ` Jeff King
2010-07-01 15:09 ` [PATCH 3/8] t/README: Typo: paralell -> parallel Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-07-01 15:10 ` [PATCH 4/8] t/README: Document the prereq functions, and 3-arg test_* Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-07-01 16:37   ` Junio C Hamano
2010-07-01 15:10 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason [this message]
2010-07-01 16:38   ` [PATCH 5/8] t/README: Document test_external* Junio C Hamano
2010-07-01 15:10 ` [PATCH 6/8] t/README: Document test_expect_code Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-07-01 15:10 ` [PATCH 7/8] t/README: Add a section about skipping tests Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-07-01 15:10 ` [PATCH 8/8] t/README: Document the dangers of printing "ok" / "not ok" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2010-07-01 17:16   ` Junio C Hamano

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