Re: [PATCH v3] t: add "test-tool genbytes" to avoid slow tr(1) on macOS

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Kristofer Karlsson <krka@spotify.com> writes:

> On Wed, 11 Nov 2026 at 16:38, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>>
>> "Kristofer Karlsson via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
>> writes:
>>
>> > From: Kristofer Karlsson <krka@spotify.com>
>> >
>> > Several tests create fixture data consisting of a single repeated
>> > character with "test-tool genzeros <count> | tr '\000' <char>".  This
>> > works well on platforms where tr(1) is implemented efficiently.
>>
>> This looks good as-is, but once we merge this down, we will find
>> that there is a new use of the pattern that pipes test-tool genzeros
>> into tr in t/t1600-index.sh recently merged as part of the Git
>> 2.50.2 update.
>>
>> Perhaps we should rebase to catch that callsite?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>
> Oh that was unlucky timing, but easy to fix.  Not only is this
> new test using tr, it's also using very large values.
> I'll submit a v4 rebased on latest master, which should fix it.

Thanks for a prompt response.