tests: skip test_eval_ in internal chain-lint
To check for broken &&-chains, we run "fail_117 && $1" as a test
snippet, and check the exit code. We use test_eval_ to do so, because
that's the way we run the actual test.
But we don't need any of its niceties, like "set -x" tracing. In fact,
they hinder us, because we have to explicitly disable them. So let's
skip that and use "eval" more directly, which is simpler. I had hoped it
would also be faster, but it doesn't seem to produce a measurable
improvement (probably because it's just running internal shell commands,
with no subshells or forks).
Note that there is one gotcha: even though we don't intend to run any of
the commands if the &&-chain is intact, an error like this:
test_expect_success 'broken' '
# this next line breaks the &&-chain
true
# and then this one is executed even by the linter
return 1
'
means we'll "return 1" from the eval, and thus from test_run_(). We
actually do notice this in test_expect_success, but only by saying "hey,
this test didn't say it was OK, so it must have failed", which is not
right (it should say "broken &&-chain").
We can handle this by calling test_eval_inner_() instead, which is our
trick for wrapping "return" in a test snippet. But to do that, we have
to push the trace code out of that inner function and into test_eval_().
This is arguably where it belonged in the first place, but it never
mattered because the "inner_" function had only one caller.
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
diff --git a/t/test-lib.sh b/t/test-lib.sh
index 0048ec7..293caf0 100644
--- a/t/test-lib.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib.sh
@@ -1041,10 +1041,7 @@
# (and we want to make sure we run any cleanup like
# "set +x").
test_eval_inner_ () {
- # Do not add anything extra (including LF) after '$*'
- eval "
- want_trace && trace_level_=$(($trace_level_+1)) && set -x
- $*"
+ eval "$*"
}
test_eval_ () {
@@ -1069,7 +1066,10 @@
# be _inside_ the block to avoid polluting the "set -x" output
#
- test_eval_inner_ "$@" </dev/null >&3 2>&4
+ # Do not add anything extra (including LF) after '$*'
+ test_eval_inner_ </dev/null >&3 2>&4 "
+ want_trace && trace_level_=$(($trace_level_+1)) && set -x
+ $*"
{
test_eval_ret_=$?
if want_trace
@@ -1095,18 +1095,13 @@
expecting_failure=$2
if test "${GIT_TEST_CHAIN_LINT:-1}" != 0; then
- # turn off tracing for this test-eval, as it simply creates
- # confusing noise in the "-x" output
- trace_tmp=$trace
- trace=
# 117 is magic because it is unlikely to match the exit
# code of other programs
- test_eval_ "fail_117 && $1"
+ test_eval_inner_ "fail_117 && $1" </dev/null >&3 2>&4
if test $? != 117
then
BUG "broken &&-chain: $1"
fi
- trace=$trace_tmp
fi
setup_malloc_check
