Since
781f76b15 (test-lib: redirect stdin of tests) you can't simply put a
"bash &&" into a test for debugging purposes anymore. Instead you'll have
to use "bash <&6 >&3 2>&4".
As that invocation is not that easy to remember add the test_pause
convenience function. It invokes "$SHELL_PATH" to provide a sane shell
for the user.
This function also checks if the -v flag is given and will error out if
that is not the case instead of letting the test hang until ^D is pressed.
Signed-off-by: Jens Lehmann <Jens.Lehmann@web.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
...
'
+ - test_pause
+
+ This command is useful for writing and debugging tests and must be
+ removed before submitting. It halts the execution of the test and
+ spawns a shell in the trash directory. Exit the shell to continue
+ the test. Example:
+
+ test_expect_success 'test' '
+ git do-something >actual &&
+ test_pause &&
+ test_cmp expected actual
+ '
+
Prerequisites
-------------
export GIT_COMMITTER_DATE GIT_AUTHOR_DATE
}
+# Stop execution and start a shell. This is useful for debugging tests and
+# only makes sense together with "-v".
+#
+# Be sure to remove all invocations of this command before submitting.
+
+test_pause () {
+ if test "$verbose" = t; then
+ "$SHELL_PATH" <&6 >&3 2>&4
+ else
+ error >&5 "test_pause requires --verbose"
+ fi
+}
+
# Call test_commit with the arguments "<message> [<file> [<contents>]]"
#
# This will commit a file with the given contents and the given commit