Make running git under other debugger-like programs easy

diff --git a/t/test-lib-functions.sh b/t/test-lib-functions.sh
index 7d620bf2a9a26c325de035c8d9d85323d5088357..c55ef099c3f174de10a29aaddfb750fa07aa2d8a 100644 (file)
--- a/t/test-lib-functions.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib-functions.sh
@@ -145,12 +145,28 @@ test_pause () {
        "$SHELL_PATH" <&6 >&5 2>&7
 }
 
-# Wrap git in gdb. Adding this to a command can make it easier to
-# understand what is going on in a failing test.
+# Wrap git with a debugger. Adding this to a command can make it easier
+# to understand what is going on in a failing test.
 #
-# Example: "debug git checkout master".
+# Examples:
+#     debug git checkout master
+#     debug --debugger=nemiver git $ARGS
+#     debug -d "valgrind --tool=memcheck --track-origins=yes" git $ARGS
 debug () {
-        GIT_TEST_GDB=1 "$@" <&6 >&5 2>&7
+       case "$1" in
+       -d)
+               GIT_DEBUGGER="$2" &&
+               shift 2
+               ;;
+       --debugger=*)
+               GIT_DEBUGGER="${1#*=}" &&
+               shift 1
+               ;;
+       *)
+               GIT_DEBUGGER=1
+               ;;
+       esac &&
+       GIT_DEBUGGER="${GIT_DEBUGGER}" "$@" <&6 >&5 2>&7
 }
 
 # Call test_commit with the arguments