pack-objects: shrink size field in struct object_entry

diff --git a/t/README b/t/README
index 1a1361a8063b8e247b6a92b83b6e8876953f95bd..8373a27fea38b1ec111e80d203bf61f1143b7861 100644 (file)
--- a/t/README
+++ b/t/README
@@ -84,9 +84,10 @@ appropriately before running "make".
 
 -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::
@@ -292,6 +293,28 @@ and know what setup is needed for it.  Or when you want to run
 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
 ------------
 
@@ -452,6 +475,22 @@ Don't:
    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