test: add test_write_lines helper
API and implementation as suggested by Junio.
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
diff --git a/t/README b/t/README
index caeeb9d..2d6232f 100644
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@@ -596,6 +596,28 @@
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+ - test_write_lines <text>
+
+ Split <text> to white-space separated words and write it out on standard
+ output, one word per line.
+ Useful to prepare multi-line files in a compact form.
+
+ Example:
+
+ test_write_lines "a b c d e f g" >foo
+
+ Is a more compact equivalent of:
+ cat >foo <<-EOF
+ a
+ b
+ c
+ d
+ e
+ f
+ g
+ EOF
+
+
- test_pause
This command is useful for writing and debugging tests and must be
