From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/12] t: prepare execution of potentially failing commands for `set -e`
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 10:09:27 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqtsteiy7s.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260413-b4-pks-tests-with-set-e-v1-6-5b83763a0e84@pks.im> (Patrick Steinhardt's message of "Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:49:27 +0200")
Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:
> Several of our tests verify whether a certain binary can be executed,
> potentially skipping tests in case we cannot, for example because the
> binary doesn't exist. In those cases we often run the binary outside of
> any conditionally.
>
> This will start to fail once we enable `set -e`, as that will cause us
> to bail out the test immediately. Improve these tests by executing them
> inside of a conditional instead.
OK. "svn help" and "cvs version" do exit with status 0 and the
rewrites that use them make sense. I wonder if we can do something
similar to "git" instead of relying on "git<RETURN>" to exit with 1,
perhaps ...
$ git version >/dev/null; echo $?
0
... by using "git version" in the test-lib.sh change?
Other than that looking very good.
>
> Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
> ---
> t/lib-git-svn.sh | 3 +--
> t/lib-httpd.sh | 3 +--
> t/t9200-git-cvsexportcommit.sh | 3 +--
> t/t9400-git-cvsserver-server.sh | 5 +++--
> t/t9401-git-cvsserver-crlf.sh | 4 ++--
> t/t9402-git-cvsserver-refs.sh | 4 ++--
> t/test-lib.sh | 4 ++--
> 7 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/t/lib-git-svn.sh b/t/lib-git-svn.sh
> index 2fde2353fd..07d86ea244 100644
> --- a/t/lib-git-svn.sh
> +++ b/t/lib-git-svn.sh
> @@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ GIT_SVN_DIR=$GIT_DIR/svn/refs/remotes/git-svn
> SVN_TREE=$GIT_SVN_DIR/svn-tree
> test_set_port SVNSERVE_PORT
>
> -svn >/dev/null 2>&1
> -if test $? -ne 1
> +if ! svn help >/dev/null 2>&1
> then
> skip_all='skipping git svn tests, svn not found'
> test_done
> diff --git a/t/lib-httpd.sh b/t/lib-httpd.sh
> index 4c76e813e3..fc646447d5 100644
> --- a/t/lib-httpd.sh
> +++ b/t/lib-httpd.sh
> @@ -235,11 +235,10 @@ start_httpd() {
>
> test_atexit stop_httpd
>
> - "$LIB_HTTPD_PATH" -d "$HTTPD_ROOT_PATH" \
> + if ! "$LIB_HTTPD_PATH" -d "$HTTPD_ROOT_PATH" \
> -f "$TEST_PATH/apache.conf" $HTTPD_PARA \
> -c "Listen 127.0.0.1:$LIB_HTTPD_PORT" -k start \
> >&3 2>&4
> - if test $? -ne 0
> then
> cat "$HTTPD_ROOT_PATH"/error.log >&4 2>/dev/null
> test_skip_or_die GIT_TEST_HTTPD "web server setup failed"
> diff --git a/t/t9200-git-cvsexportcommit.sh b/t/t9200-git-cvsexportcommit.sh
> index 14cbe96527..581cf3d28f 100755
> --- a/t/t9200-git-cvsexportcommit.sh
> +++ b/t/t9200-git-cvsexportcommit.sh
> @@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ if ! test_have_prereq PERL; then
> test_done
> fi
>
> -cvs >/dev/null 2>&1
> -if test $? -ne 1
> +if ! cvs version >/dev/null 2>&1
> then
> skip_all='skipping git cvsexportcommit tests, cvs not found'
> test_done
> diff --git a/t/t9400-git-cvsserver-server.sh b/t/t9400-git-cvsserver-server.sh
> index e499c7f955..4b45398bab 100755
> --- a/t/t9400-git-cvsserver-server.sh
> +++ b/t/t9400-git-cvsserver-server.sh
> @@ -17,12 +17,13 @@ if ! test_have_prereq PERL; then
> skip_all='skipping git cvsserver tests, perl not available'
> test_done
> fi
> -cvs >/dev/null 2>&1
> -if test $? -ne 1
> +
> +if ! cvs version >/dev/null 2>&1
> then
> skip_all='skipping git-cvsserver tests, cvs not found'
> test_done
> fi
> +
> perl -e 'use DBI; use DBD::SQLite' >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
> skip_all='skipping git-cvsserver tests, Perl SQLite interface unavailable'
> test_done
> diff --git a/t/t9401-git-cvsserver-crlf.sh b/t/t9401-git-cvsserver-crlf.sh
> index a34805acdc..6b4cbb1651 100755
> --- a/t/t9401-git-cvsserver-crlf.sh
> +++ b/t/t9401-git-cvsserver-crlf.sh
> @@ -60,12 +60,12 @@ check_status_options() {
> return $stat
> }
>
> -cvs >/dev/null 2>&1
> -if test $? -ne 1
> +if ! cvs version >/dev/null 2>&1
> then
> skip_all='skipping git-cvsserver tests, cvs not found'
> test_done
> fi
> +
> if ! test_have_prereq PERL
> then
> skip_all='skipping git-cvsserver tests, perl not available'
> diff --git a/t/t9402-git-cvsserver-refs.sh b/t/t9402-git-cvsserver-refs.sh
> index 2ee41f9443..65f2ceedec 100755
> --- a/t/t9402-git-cvsserver-refs.sh
> +++ b/t/t9402-git-cvsserver-refs.sh
> @@ -68,12 +68,12 @@ check_diff() {
>
> #########
>
> -cvs >/dev/null 2>&1
> -if test $? -ne 1
> +if ! cvs version >/dev/null 2>&1
> then
> skip_all='skipping git-cvsserver tests, cvs not found'
> test_done
> fi
> +
> if ! test_have_prereq PERL
> then
> skip_all='skipping git-cvsserver tests, perl not available'
> diff --git a/t/test-lib.sh b/t/test-lib.sh
> index 70fd3e9baf..81380fe978 100644
> --- a/t/test-lib.sh
> +++ b/t/test-lib.sh
> @@ -143,8 +143,8 @@ export GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_INITIAL_BRANCH_NAME
> ################################################################
> # It appears that people try to run tests without building...
> GIT_BINARY="${GIT_TEST_INSTALLED:-$GIT_BUILD_DIR}/git$X"
> -"$GIT_BINARY" >/dev/null
> -if test $? != 1
> +
> +if ! "$GIT_BINARY" version >/dev/null
> then
> if test -n "$GIT_TEST_INSTALLED"
> then
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-13 17:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 133+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-13 9:49 [PATCH 00/12] t: detect errors outside of test cases Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-13 9:49 ` [PATCH 01/12] t: prepare `test_match_signal ()` calls for `set -e` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-13 16:26 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-14 7:23 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-14 17:49 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-13 9:49 ` [PATCH 02/12] t: prepare `test_must_fail ()` " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-13 16:33 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-14 7:23 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-14 6:23 ` Jeff King
2026-04-14 17:41 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-15 6:58 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-16 5:40 ` Jeff King
2026-04-13 9:49 ` [PATCH 03/12] t: prepare `stop_git_daemon " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-13 16:53 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-13 9:49 ` [PATCH 04/12] t: prepare `git config --unset` calls " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-13 16:59 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-13 9:49 ` [PATCH 05/12] t: prepare conditional test execution " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-13 17:04 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-13 9:49 ` [PATCH 06/12] t: prepare execution of potentially failing commands " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-13 17:09 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2026-04-14 7:23 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-14 13:41 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-13 22:32 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-14 1:09 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-14 7:23 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-14 7:23 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-14 13:40 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-14 22:03 ` Jeff King
2026-04-14 22:52 ` Jeff King
2026-04-14 23:08 ` Jeff King
2026-04-15 6:48 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-16 5:49 ` Jeff King
2026-04-16 8:03 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-16 14:34 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-18 8:01 ` Jeff King
2026-04-15 15:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-13 9:49 ` [PATCH 07/12] t: prepare `test_when_finished ()`/`test_atexit()` " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-13 17:23 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-14 7:24 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-13 9:49 ` [PATCH 08/12] t0008: silence error in subshell when using `grep -v` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-13 17:28 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-14 7:23 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-13 9:49 ` [PATCH 09/12] t1301: don't fail in case setfacl(1) doesn't exist or fails Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-13 9:49 ` [PATCH 10/12] t6002: fix use of `expr` with `set -e` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-13 9:49 ` [PATCH 11/12] t9902: fix use of `read` " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-13 9:49 ` [PATCH 12/12] t: detect errors outside of test cases Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-13 17:29 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-13 21:33 ` [PATCH 00/12] " Junio C Hamano
2026-04-13 21:46 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-15 13:06 ` [PATCH v2 " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-15 13:06 ` [PATCH v2 01/12] t: prepare `test_match_signal ()` calls for `set -e` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-15 13:06 ` [PATCH v2 02/12] t: prepare `test_must_fail ()` " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-15 13:06 ` [PATCH v2 03/12] t: prepare `stop_git_daemon " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-15 13:06 ` [PATCH v2 04/12] t: prepare `git config --unset` calls " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-15 13:06 ` [PATCH v2 05/12] t: prepare conditional test execution " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-15 13:06 ` [PATCH v2 06/12] t: prepare execution of potentially failing commands " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-15 13:06 ` [PATCH v2 07/12] t: prepare `test_when_finished ()`/`test_atexit()` " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-15 13:06 ` [PATCH v2 08/12] t0008: silence error in subshell when using `grep -v` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-15 13:06 ` [PATCH v2 09/12] t1301: don't fail in case setfacl(1) doesn't exist or fails Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-15 13:06 ` [PATCH v2 10/12] t6002: fix use of `expr` with `set -e` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-15 13:06 ` [PATCH v2 11/12] t9902: fix use of `read` " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-15 13:06 ` [PATCH v2 12/12] t: detect errors outside of test cases Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-16 6:00 ` Jeff King
2026-04-16 10:46 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-16 11:19 ` [PATCH v3 00/12] " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-16 11:19 ` [PATCH v3 01/12] t: prepare `test_match_signal ()` calls for `set -e` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-16 11:19 ` [PATCH v3 02/12] t: prepare `test_must_fail ()` " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-16 11:19 ` [PATCH v3 03/12] t: prepare `stop_git_daemon " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-16 11:19 ` [PATCH v3 04/12] t: prepare `git config --unset` calls " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-16 11:19 ` [PATCH v3 05/12] t: prepare conditional test execution " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-16 11:19 ` [PATCH v3 06/12] t: prepare execution of potentially failing commands " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-16 11:19 ` [PATCH v3 07/12] t: prepare `test_when_finished ()`/`test_atexit()` " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-16 11:19 ` [PATCH v3 08/12] t0008: silence error in subshell when using `grep -v` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-16 11:19 ` [PATCH v3 09/12] t1301: don't fail in case setfacl(1) doesn't exist or fails Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-16 11:19 ` [PATCH v3 10/12] t6002: fix use of `expr` with `set -e` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-16 11:19 ` [PATCH v3 11/12] t9902: fix use of `read` " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-16 20:12 ` SZEDER Gábor
2026-04-16 20:42 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-17 9:44 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-16 11:19 ` [PATCH v3 12/12] t: detect errors outside of test cases Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-16 16:06 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-17 10:50 ` [PATCH v4 00/12] " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-17 10:50 ` [PATCH v4 01/12] t: prepare `test_match_signal ()` calls for `set -e` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-17 10:50 ` [PATCH v4 02/12] t: prepare `test_must_fail ()` " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-17 10:50 ` [PATCH v4 03/12] t: prepare `stop_git_daemon " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-17 10:50 ` [PATCH v4 04/12] t: prepare `git config --unset` calls " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-17 10:50 ` [PATCH v4 05/12] t: prepare conditional test execution " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-17 10:50 ` [PATCH v4 06/12] t: prepare execution of potentially failing commands " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-17 10:50 ` [PATCH v4 07/12] t: prepare `test_when_finished ()`/`test_atexit()` " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-17 10:50 ` [PATCH v4 08/12] t0008: silence error in subshell when using `grep -v` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-17 10:50 ` [PATCH v4 09/12] t1301: don't fail in case setfacl(1) doesn't exist or fails Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-17 10:50 ` [PATCH v4 10/12] t6002: fix use of `expr` with `set -e` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-17 10:50 ` [PATCH v4 11/12] t9902: fix use of `read` " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-17 10:50 ` [PATCH v4 12/12] t: detect errors outside of test cases Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-18 6:50 ` Jeff King
2026-04-18 12:17 ` Ben Knoble
2026-04-18 17:44 ` Jeff King
2026-04-18 19:24 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-18 21:05 ` Jeff King
2026-04-20 6:11 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-18 19:17 ` brian m. carlson
2026-04-18 21:30 ` Jeff King
2026-04-18 21:54 ` brian m. carlson
2026-04-19 2:10 ` Jeff King
2026-04-20 7:27 ` [PATCH v5 00/12] " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-20 7:27 ` [PATCH v5 01/12] t: prepare `test_match_signal ()` calls for `set -e` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-20 7:27 ` [PATCH v5 02/12] t: prepare `test_must_fail ()` " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-20 7:27 ` [PATCH v5 03/12] t: prepare `stop_git_daemon " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-20 7:27 ` [PATCH v5 04/12] t: prepare `git config --unset` calls " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-20 7:27 ` [PATCH v5 05/12] t: prepare conditional test execution " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-20 7:27 ` [PATCH v5 06/12] t: prepare execution of potentially failing commands " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-20 7:27 ` [PATCH v5 07/12] t: prepare `test_when_finished ()`/`test_atexit()` " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-20 7:27 ` [PATCH v5 08/12] t0008: silence error in subshell when using `grep -v` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-20 7:27 ` [PATCH v5 09/12] t1301: don't fail in case setfacl(1) doesn't exist or fails Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-20 7:27 ` [PATCH v5 10/12] t6002: fix use of `expr` with `set -e` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-20 7:27 ` [PATCH v5 11/12] t9902: fix use of `read` " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-20 7:27 ` [PATCH v5 12/12] t: detect errors outside of test cases Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-20 16:19 ` [PATCH v5 00/12] " Junio C Hamano
2026-04-21 3:00 ` Jeff King
2026-04-21 5:41 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-21 7:34 ` [PATCH v6 " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-21 7:34 ` [PATCH v6 01/12] t: prepare `test_match_signal ()` calls for `set -e` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-21 7:34 ` [PATCH v6 02/12] t: prepare `test_must_fail ()` " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-21 7:34 ` [PATCH v6 03/12] t: prepare `stop_git_daemon " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-21 7:34 ` [PATCH v6 04/12] t: prepare `git config --unset` calls " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-21 7:34 ` [PATCH v6 05/12] t: prepare conditional test execution " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-21 7:34 ` [PATCH v6 06/12] t: prepare execution of potentially failing commands " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-21 7:34 ` [PATCH v6 07/12] t: prepare `test_when_finished ()`/`test_atexit()` " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-21 7:34 ` [PATCH v6 08/12] t0008: silence error in subshell when using `grep -v` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-21 7:34 ` [PATCH v6 09/12] t1301: don't fail in case setfacl(1) doesn't exist or fails Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-21 7:34 ` [PATCH v6 10/12] t6002: fix use of `expr` with `set -e` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-21 7:34 ` [PATCH v6 11/12] t9902: fix use of `read` " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-04-21 7:34 ` [PATCH v6 12/12] t: detect errors outside of test cases Patrick Steinhardt
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