format-patch --notes: show notes after three-dashes

diff --git a/t/test-lib-functions.sh b/t/test-lib-functions.sh
index 04b1a43ef2e79e1e89f5a8d330172d156a7d25ce..8889ba5104cd3f7c783a179d45816d3a82685ef0 100644 (file)
--- a/t/test-lib-functions.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib-functions.sh
@@ -144,11 +144,22 @@ test_pause () {
 
 test_commit () {
        notick= &&
-       if test "z$1" = "z--notick"
-       then
-               notick=yes
+       signoff= &&
+       while test $# != 0
+       do
+               case "$1" in
+               --notick)
+                       notick=yes
+                       ;;
+               --signoff)
+                       signoff="$1"
+                       ;;
+               *)
+                       break
+                       ;;
+               esac
                shift
-       fi &&
+       done &&
        file=${2:-"$1.t"} &&
        echo "${3-$1}" > "$file" &&
        git add "$file" &&
@@ -156,7 +167,7 @@ test_commit () {
        then
                test_tick
        fi &&
-       git commit -m "$1" &&
+       git commit $signoff -m "$1" &&
        git tag "$1"
 }
 
@@ -572,6 +583,27 @@ test_cmp() {
        $GIT_TEST_CMP "$@"
 }
 
+# Print a sequence of numbers or letters in increasing order.  This is
+# similar to GNU seq(1), but the latter might not be available
+# everywhere (and does not do letters).  It may be used like:
+#
+#      for i in `test_seq 100`; do
+#              for j in `test_seq 10 20`; do
+#                      for k in `test_seq a z`; do
+#                              echo $i-$j-$k
+#                      done
+#              done
+#      done
+
+test_seq () {
+       case $# in
+       1)      set 1 "$@" ;;
+       2)      ;;
+       *)      error "bug in the test script: not 1 or 2 parameters to test_seq" ;;
+       esac
+       "$PERL_PATH" -le 'print for $ARGV[0]..$ARGV[1]' -- "$@"
+}
+
 # This function can be used to schedule some commands to be run
 # unconditionally at the end of the test to restore sanity:
 #