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 c305e667e0cad4acb40a4d408e44b823fa47c111
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1115 Git wasn't compiled with NO_PTHREADS=YesPlease.
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1119 + Test is specific to packed/loose ref storage, and should be
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1123 Tips for Writing Tests
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1482 esac
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1484 +test_set_prereq REFFILES
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1486 ( COLUMNS=1 && test $COLUMNS = 1 ) && test_set_prereq COLUMNS_CAN_BE_1
1487 test -z "$NO_PERL" && test_set_prereq PERL
1488 test -z "$NO_PTHREADS" && test_set_prereq PTHREADS