test-lib: provide test prereq REFFILES
REFFILES can be used to mark tests that are specific to the packed/loose ref storage format and its limitations. Marking such tests is a preparation for introducing the reftable storage backend. Signed-off-by: Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@google.com> Reviewed-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Han-Wen Nienhuys committed
May 31, 2021 at 16:56 UTC
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t/README
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index fd9375b146..723bd3387f 100644
--- a/t/README
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@@ -1114,6 +1114,12 @@ use these, and "test_set_prereq" for how to define your own.
Git wasn't compiled with NO_PTHREADS=YesPlease.
+ - REFFILES
+
+ Test is specific to packed/loose ref storage, and should be
+ disabled for other ref storage backends
+
+
Tips for Writing Tests
----------------------
t/test-lib.sh
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index d3f6af6a65..ea7397c633 100644
--- a/t/test-lib.sh
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@@ -1481,6 +1481,8 @@ parisc* | hppa*)
;;
esac
+test_set_prereq REFFILES
+
( COLUMNS=1 && test $COLUMNS = 1 ) && test_set_prereq COLUMNS_CAN_BE_1
test -z "$NO_PERL" && test_set_prereq PERL
test -z "$NO_PTHREADS" && test_set_prereq PTHREADS