INSTALL: document a simpler way to run uninstalled builds

diff --git a/t/test-lib.sh b/t/test-lib.sh
index 5fdc5d94a20cfcf231bf23590784c5146a3e44bc..85377c8fc36e5bf204f95afe682506755307ea6b 100644 (file)
--- a/t/test-lib.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ TZ=UTC
 TERM=dumb
 export LANG LC_ALL PAGER TERM TZ
 EDITOR=:
-VISUAL=:
+unset VISUAL
 unset GIT_EDITOR
 unset AUTHOR_DATE
 unset AUTHOR_EMAIL
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ GIT_MERGE_VERBOSITY=5
 export GIT_MERGE_VERBOSITY
 export GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL GIT_AUTHOR_NAME
 export GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL GIT_COMMITTER_NAME
-export EDITOR VISUAL
+export EDITOR
 GIT_TEST_CMP=${GIT_TEST_CMP:-diff -u}
 
 # Protect ourselves from common misconfiguration to export
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ do
                verbose=t; shift ;;
        -q|--q|--qu|--qui|--quie|--quiet)
                quiet=t; shift ;;
+       --with-dashes)
+               with_dashes=t; shift ;;
        --no-color)
                color=; shift ;;
        --no-python)
@@ -114,6 +116,9 @@ do
                valgrind=t; verbose=t; shift ;;
        --tee)
                shift ;; # was handled already
+       --root=*)
+               root=$(expr "z$1" : 'z[^=]*=\(.*\)')
+               shift ;;
        *)
                echo "error: unknown test option '$1'" >&2; exit 1 ;;
        esac
@@ -204,8 +209,8 @@ trap 'die' EXIT
 test_set_editor () {
        FAKE_EDITOR="$1"
        export FAKE_EDITOR
-       VISUAL='"$FAKE_EDITOR"'
-       export VISUAL
+       EDITOR='"$FAKE_EDITOR"'
+       export EDITOR
 }
 
 test_tick () {
@@ -548,19 +553,8 @@ test_done () {
 # Test the binaries we have just built.  The tests are kept in
 # t/ subdirectory and are run in 'trash directory' subdirectory.
 TEST_DIRECTORY=$(pwd)
-if test -z "$valgrind"
+if test -n "$valgrind"
 then
-       if test -z "$GIT_TEST_INSTALLED"
-       then
-               PATH=$TEST_DIRECTORY/..:$PATH
-               GIT_EXEC_PATH=$TEST_DIRECTORY/..
-       else
-               GIT_EXEC_PATH=$($GIT_TEST_INSTALLED/git --exec-path)  ||
-               error "Cannot run git from $GIT_TEST_INSTALLED."
-               PATH=$GIT_TEST_INSTALLED:$TEST_DIRECTORY/..:$PATH
-               GIT_EXEC_PATH=${GIT_TEST_EXEC_PATH:-$GIT_EXEC_PATH}
-       fi
-else
        make_symlink () {
                test -h "$2" &&
                test "$1" = "$(readlink "$2")" || {
@@ -622,6 +616,24 @@ else
        PATH=$GIT_VALGRIND/bin:$PATH
        GIT_EXEC_PATH=$GIT_VALGRIND/bin
        export GIT_VALGRIND
+elif test -n "$GIT_TEST_INSTALLED" ; then
+       GIT_EXEC_PATH=$($GIT_TEST_INSTALLED/git --exec-path)  ||
+       error "Cannot run git from $GIT_TEST_INSTALLED."
+       PATH=$GIT_TEST_INSTALLED:$TEST_DIRECTORY/..:$PATH
+       GIT_EXEC_PATH=${GIT_TEST_EXEC_PATH:-$GIT_EXEC_PATH}
+else # normal case, use ../bin-wrappers only unless $with_dashes:
+       git_bin_dir="$TEST_DIRECTORY/../bin-wrappers"
+       if ! test -x "$git_bin_dir/git" ; then
+               if test -z "$with_dashes" ; then
+                       say "$git_bin_dir/git is not executable; using GIT_EXEC_PATH"
+               fi
+               with_dashes=t
+       fi
+       PATH="$git_bin_dir:$PATH"
+       GIT_EXEC_PATH=$TEST_DIRECTORY/..
+       if test -n "$with_dashes" ; then
+               PATH="$TEST_DIRECTORY/..:$PATH"
+       fi
 fi
 GIT_TEMPLATE_DIR=$(pwd)/../templates/blt
 unset GIT_CONFIG
@@ -645,7 +657,12 @@ fi
 
 # Test repository
 test="trash directory.$(basename "$0" .sh)"
-test ! -z "$debug" || remove_trash="$TEST_DIRECTORY/$test"
+test -n "$root" && test="$root/$test"
+case "$test" in
+/*) TRASH_DIRECTORY="$test" ;;
+ *) TRASH_DIRECTORY="$TEST_DIRECTORY/$test" ;;
+esac
+test ! -z "$debug" || remove_trash=$TRASH_DIRECTORY
 rm -fr "$test" || {
        GIT_EXIT_OK=t
        echo >&5 "FATAL: Cannot prepare test area"
@@ -677,6 +694,21 @@ do
        esac
 done
 
+# Provide an implementation of the 'yes' utility
+yes () {
+       if test $# = 0
+       then
+               y=y
+       else
+               y="$*"
+       fi
+
+       while echo "$y"
+       do
+               :
+       done
+}
+
 # Fix some commands on Windows
 case $(uname -s) in
 *MINGW*)