Re: [PATCH 2/3] t: add "test-tool genbytes" to avoid slow tr(1) on macOS

[Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>]

Am 08.11.26 um 17:34 schrieb Johannes Sixt:
> Am 08.11.26 um 13:24 schrieb Kristofer Karlsson:
>> -       test-tool genzeros 2147483649 | tr "\000" "1" >expect &&
>> +       printf 000000000%02147483640d 0 >expect &&
>>
>> I tried this out and it works on Linux but fails on macOS[1].  What
>> happens is that printf only outputs the nine literal zeros
>> ("000000000") there, and silently ignores the very large padding.
> 
> Fair enough.
> 
>> [1] https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/actions/runs/42475956442/job/128717309586

Well, this patch passed for me[2], but I have no idea whether the
particular tests were skipped due to the EXPENSIVE prerequisite or not.

[2] https://github.com/j6t/git/actions/runs/42583623620/job/129048078411



diff --git a/t/t4205-log-pretty-formats.sh b/t/t4205-log-pretty-formats.sh
index 01b97c8888..5dedb9054e 100755
--- a/t/t4205-log-pretty-formats.sh
+++ b/t/t4205-log-pretty-formats.sh
@@ -1182,7 +1182,8 @@ unfold () {
 '
 
 test_expect_success EXPENSIVE,SIZE_T_IS_64BIT 'set up huge commit' '
-	test-tool genzeros 2147483649 | tr "\000" "1" >expect &&
+	# 3 * 715827883 == 2147483649
+	printf %0715827883d 0 0 0 >expect &&
 	huge_commit=$(git commit-tree -F expect HEAD^{tree})
 '