If you create files under t/ directory (i.e. here) that is not
the top-level test script, never name the file to match the above
pattern. The Makefile here considers all such files as the
-top-level test script and tries to run all of them. A care is
+top-level test script and tries to run all of them. Care is
especially needed if you are creating a common test library
file, similar to test-lib.sh, because such a library file may
not be suitable for standalone execution.
- Check the test coverage for your tests. See the "Test coverage"
below.
- Don't blindly follow test coverage metrics, they're a good way to
- spot if you've missed something. If a new function you added
- doesn't have any coverage you're probably doing something wrong,
+ Don't blindly follow test coverage metrics; if a new function you added
+ doesn't have any coverage, then you're probably doing something wrong,
but having 100% coverage doesn't necessarily mean that you tested
everything.
- test_expect_success [<prereq>] <message> <script>
- Usually takes two strings as parameter, and evaluates the
+ Usually takes two strings as parameters, and evaluates the
<script>. If it yields success, test is considered
successful. <message> should state what it is testing.
'tree=$(git-write-tree)'
If you supply three parameters the first will be taken to be a
- prerequisite, see the test_set_prereq and test_have_prereq
+ prerequisite; see the test_set_prereq and test_have_prereq
documentation below:
test_expect_success TTY 'git --paginate rev-list uses a pager' \
- test_tick
Make commit and tag names consistent by setting the author and
- committer times to defined stated. Subsequent calls will
+ committer times to defined state. Subsequent calls will
advance the times by a fixed amount.
- test_commit <message> [<filename> [<contents>]]
Merges the given rev using the given message. Like test_commit,
creates a tag and calls test_tick before committing.
- - test_set_prereq SOME_PREREQ
+ - test_set_prereq <prereq>
Set a test prerequisite to be used later with test_have_prereq. The
test-lib will set some prerequisites for you, see the
test_have_prereq directly, or the three argument invocation of
test_expect_success and test_expect_failure.
- - test_have_prereq SOME PREREQ
+ - test_have_prereq <prereq>
Check if we have a prerequisite previously set with
test_set_prereq. The most common use of this directly is to skip
Check whether a file has the length it is expected to.
- - test_path_is_file <file> [<diagnosis>]
- test_path_is_dir <dir> [<diagnosis>]
+ - test_path_is_file <path> [<diagnosis>]
+ test_path_is_dir <path> [<diagnosis>]
test_path_is_missing <path> [<diagnosis>]
- Check whether a file/directory exists or doesn't. <diagnosis> will
- be displayed if the test fails.
+ Check if the named path is a file, if the named path is a
+ directory, or if the named path does not exist, respectively,
+ and fail otherwise, showing the <diagnosis> text.
- test_when_finished <script>