t0008: document test_expect_success_multi
test_expect_success_multi() helper function warrants some explanation, since at first sight it may seem like generic test framework plumbing, but is in fact specific to testing check-ignore, and allows more thorough testing of the various output formats without significantly increase the size of t0008. Signed-off-by: Adam Spiers <git@adamspiers.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Feb 19, 2013 at 14:06 UTC
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@@ -75,6 +75,16 @@ test_check_ignore () {
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stderr_empty_on_success "$expect_code"
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}
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+# Runs the same code with 3 different levels of output verbosity,
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+# expecting success each time. Takes advantage of the fact that
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+# check-ignore --verbose output is the same as normal output except
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+# for the extra first column.
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+#
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+# Arguments:
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+# - (optional) prereqs for this test, e.g. 'SYMLINKS'
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+# - test name
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+# - output to expect from -v / --verbose mode
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+# - code to run (should invoke test_check_ignore)
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test_expect_success_multi () {
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prereq=
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if test $# -eq 4