rebase -i: demonstrate obscure loose object cache bug

diff --git a/t/test-lib.sh b/t/test-lib.sh
index 42b1a0aa7f0b8f5b06735293089f640b7f228f62..4e79e140c90ba5aa8cdbe7daeafba45765cecd8e 100644 (file)
--- a/t/test-lib.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib.sh
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ do
        --stress=*)
                stress=${opt#--*=}
                case "$stress" in
-               *[^0-9]*|0*|"")
+               *[!0-9]*|0*|"")
                        echo "error: --stress=<N> requires the number of jobs to run" >&2
                        exit 1
                        ;;
@@ -157,6 +157,17 @@ do
                        ;;
                esac
                ;;
+       --stress-limit=*)
+               stress_limit=${opt#--*=}
+               case "$stress_limit" in
+               *[!0-9]*|0*|"")
+                       echo "error: --stress-limit=<N> requires the number of repetitions" >&2
+                       exit 1
+                       ;;
+               *)      # Good.
+                       ;;
+               esac
+               ;;
        *)
                echo "error: unknown test option '$opt'" >&2; exit 1 ;;
        esac
@@ -242,8 +253,10 @@ then
                                exit 1
                        ' TERM INT
 
-                       cnt=0
-                       while ! test -e "$stressfail"
+                       cnt=1
+                       while ! test -e "$stressfail" &&
+                             { test -z "$stress_limit" ||
+                               test $cnt -le $stress_limit ; }
                        do
                                $TEST_SHELL_PATH "$0" "$@" >"$TEST_RESULTS_BASE.stress-$job_nr.out" 2>&1 &
                                test_pid=$!
@@ -266,6 +279,7 @@ then
 
        if test -f "$stressfail"
        then
+               stress_exit=1
                echo "Log(s) of failed test run(s):"
                for failed_job_nr in $(sort -n "$stressfail")
                do
@@ -1313,7 +1327,11 @@ then
        fi
 fi
 
-# Provide an implementation of the 'yes' utility
+# Provide an implementation of the 'yes' utility; the upper bound
+# limit is there to help Windows that cannot stop this loop from
+# wasting cycles when the downstream stops reading, so do not be
+# tempted to turn it into an infinite loop. cf. 6129c930 ("test-lib:
+# limit the output of the yes utility", 2016-02-02)
 yes () {
        if test $# = 0
        then