From: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk,
Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@github.com>,
git@vger.kernel.org, Shubham Mishra <shivam828787@gmail.com>,
Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>,
Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/15] tests: don't ignore "git" exit codes
Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2022 07:57:43 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <220304.86zgm6fbk3.gmgdl@evledraar.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqlexq4et6.fsf@gitster.g>
On Thu, Mar 03 2022, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Yes, it returns the correct status code, but that doesn't help with
>> (pseudo)code like:
>>
>> if (run_command("foo")) /* exits with e.g. 123 */
>> die("oh no, foo failed"); /* exits with 128 */
>>
>> I should have said "code using run-command.c does not do that...",
>> sorry.
>
> Yeah, but even if callers of run_command() can tell "foo"
> segfaulted, I do not think it is sensible to exit as if we
> segfaulted (or, we _could_ actually die by segfaulting ourselves,
> which is worse).
I should have made it clear that I'm thinking about this as a test-only
mode, so hidden behind some GIT_TEST_* variable, i.e. as a means to an
end in getting the test suite to spot the failure in the sub-process.
It's not the only way to do it, but it's the simplest and most reliable
given how our tests are run.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-03-04 6:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 48+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-03-02 17:27 [PATCH 00/15] tests: don't ignore "git" exit codes Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-03-02 17:27 ` [PATCH 01/15] tests: change some 'test $(git) = "x"' to test_cmp Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-03-02 17:27 ` [PATCH 02/15] tests: use "test_stdout_line_count", not "test $(git [...] | wc -l)" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-03-02 17:27 ` [PATCH 03/15] read-tree tests: check "diff-files" exit code on failure Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-03-02 23:06 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-03-02 17:27 ` [PATCH 04/15] diff tests: don't ignore "git diff" exit code Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-03-02 17:27 ` [PATCH 05/15] diff tests: don't ignore "git diff" exit code in "read" loop Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-03-02 17:27 ` [PATCH 06/15] apply tests: use "test_must_fail" instead of ad-hoc pattern Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-03-02 23:09 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-03-02 17:27 ` [PATCH 07/15] merge " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-03-02 17:27 ` [PATCH 08/15] rev-parse tests: don't ignore "git reflog" exit code Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-03-02 17:27 ` [PATCH 09/15] notes tests: don't ignore "git" " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-03-02 17:27 ` [PATCH 10/15] diff tests: don't ignore "git rev-list" " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-03-02 17:27 ` [PATCH 11/15] rev-list tests: don't hide abort() in "test_expect_failure" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-03-02 23:16 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-03-03 10:10 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-03-02 17:27 ` [PATCH 12/15] gettext tests: don't ignore "test-tool regex" exit code Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-03-02 23:20 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-03-03 15:46 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-03-03 20:58 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-03-02 17:27 ` [PATCH 13/15] apply tests: don't ignore "git ls-files" exit code, drop sub-shell Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-03-02 17:27 ` [PATCH 14/15] checkout tests: don't ignore "git <cmd>" exit code Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-03-02 17:27 ` [PATCH 15/15] rev-list simplify tests: don't ignore "git" " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-03-02 23:23 ` [PATCH 00/15] tests: don't ignore "git" exit codes Junio C Hamano
2022-03-03 2:02 ` Derrick Stolee
2022-03-03 10:13 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-03-03 14:06 ` Phillip Wood
2022-03-03 15:35 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-03-04 2:44 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-03-04 6:57 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason [this message]
2022-03-03 5:09 ` Shubham Mishra
2022-03-03 9:53 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-03-07 12:48 ` [PATCH v2 " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-03-07 12:48 ` [PATCH v2 01/15] tests: change some 'test $(git) = "x"' to test_cmp Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-03-07 12:48 ` [PATCH v2 02/15] tests: use "test_stdout_line_count", not "test $(git [...] | wc -l)" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-03-07 12:48 ` [PATCH v2 03/15] read-tree tests: check "diff-files" exit code on failure Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-03-07 12:48 ` [PATCH v2 04/15] diff tests: don't ignore "git diff" exit code Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-03-07 12:48 ` [PATCH v2 05/15] diff tests: don't ignore "git diff" exit code in "read" loop Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-03-07 12:48 ` [PATCH v2 06/15] apply tests: use "test_must_fail" instead of ad-hoc pattern Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-03-07 12:48 ` [PATCH v2 07/15] merge " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-03-07 12:48 ` [PATCH v2 08/15] rev-parse tests: don't ignore "git reflog" exit code Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-03-07 12:49 ` [PATCH v2 09/15] notes tests: don't ignore "git" " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-03-07 12:49 ` [PATCH v2 10/15] diff tests: don't ignore "git rev-list" " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-03-07 12:49 ` [PATCH v2 11/15] rev-list tests: don't hide abort() in "test_expect_failure" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-03-07 12:49 ` [PATCH v2 12/15] gettext tests: don't ignore "test-tool regex" exit code Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-03-07 12:49 ` [PATCH v2 13/15] apply tests: don't ignore "git ls-files" exit code, drop sub-shell Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-03-07 12:49 ` [PATCH v2 14/15] checkout tests: don't ignore "git <cmd>" exit code Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-03-07 12:49 ` [PATCH v2 15/15] rev-list simplify tests: don't ignore "git" " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
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