test-lib: disable trace when test is not verbose

diff --git a/t/test-lib.sh b/t/test-lib.sh
index 281c1eca0925664a1bddec0e2edca017f68a1a47..ab8461648494848b05170ac402f66acd168baee1 100644 (file)
--- a/t/test-lib.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib.sh
@@ -492,6 +492,10 @@ maybe_setup_valgrind () {
        fi
 }
 
+want_trace () {
+       test "$trace" = t && test "$verbose" = t
+}
+
 # This is a separate function because some tests use
 # "return" to end a test_expect_success block early
 # (and we want to make sure we run any cleanup like
@@ -499,7 +503,7 @@ maybe_setup_valgrind () {
 test_eval_inner_ () {
        # Do not add anything extra (including LF) after '$*'
        eval "
-               test \"$trace\" = t && set -x
+               want_trace && set -x
                $*"
 }
 
@@ -515,7 +519,7 @@ test_eval_ () {
        {
                test_eval_inner_ "$@" </dev/null >&3 2>&4
                test_eval_ret_=$?
-               if test "$trace" = t
+               if want_trace
                then
                        set +x
                        if test "$test_eval_ret_" != 0
@@ -532,12 +536,17 @@ test_run_ () {
        expecting_failure=$2
 
        if test "${GIT_TEST_CHAIN_LINT:-1}" != 0; then
+               # turn off tracing for this test-eval, as it simply creates
+               # confusing noise in the "-x" output
+               trace_tmp=$trace
+               trace=
                # 117 is magic because it is unlikely to match the exit
                # code of other programs
                test_eval_ "(exit 117) && $1"
                if test "$?" != 117; then
                        error "bug in the test script: broken &&-chain: $1"
                fi
+               trace=$trace_tmp
        fi
 
        setup_malloc_check