-x::
Turn on shell tracing (i.e., `set -x`) during the tests
- themselves. Implies `--verbose`. Note that in non-bash shells,
- this can cause failures in some tests which redirect and test
- the output of shell functions. Use with caution.
+ themselves. Implies `--verbose`.
+ Ignored in test scripts that set the variable 'test_untraceable'
+ to a non-empty value, unless it's run with a Bash version
+ supporting BASH_XTRACEFD, i.e. v4.1 or later.
-d::
--debug::
everything up to a certain test.
+Running tests with special setups
+---------------------------------
+
+The whole test suite could be run to test some special features
+that cannot be easily covered by a few specific test cases. These
+could be enabled by running the test suite with correct GIT_TEST_
+environment set.
+
+GIT_TEST_SPLIT_INDEX=<boolean> forces split-index mode on the whole
+test suite. Accept any boolean values that are accepted by git-config.
+
+GIT_TEST_FULL_IN_PACK_ARRAY=<boolean> exercises the uncommon
+pack-objects code path where there are more than 1024 packs even if
+the actual number of packs in repository is below this limit. Accept
+any boolean values that are accepted by git-config.
+
+GIT_TEST_OE_SIZE=<n> exercises the uncommon pack-objects code path
+where we do not cache object size in memory and read it from existing
+packs on demand. This normally only happens when the object size is
+over 2GB. This variable forces the code path on any object larger than
+<n> bytes.
+
Naming Tests
------------
causing the next test to start in an unexpected directory. Do so
inside a subshell if necessary.
+ - save and verify the standard error of compound commands, i.e. group
+ commands, subshells, and shell functions (except test helper
+ functions like 'test_must_fail') like this:
+
+ ( cd dir && git cmd ) 2>error &&
+ test_cmp expect error
+
+ When running the test with '-x' tracing, then the trace of commands
+ executed in the compound command will be included in standard error
+ as well, quite possibly throwing off the subsequent checks examining
+ the output. Instead, save only the relevant git command's standard
+ error:
+
+ ( cd dir && git cmd 2>../error ) &&
+ test_cmp expect error
+
- Break the TAP output
The raw output from your test may be interpreted by a TAP harness. TAP