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| author | Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> | 2015-10-30 12:02:56 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2015-10-30 14:02:38 -0700 |
| commit | 6a94088cc3d539bdc15b824befc083f7ff8d0288 (patch) | |
| tree | 8f0cfd83cf10d042726e0b706c5fd5636dfc6388 | |
| parent | 80980a1d5c2678ab9031d7c60faf38b9631eb1ce (diff) | |
| download | git-js/git-gdb.tar.gz | |
test: facilitate debugging Git executables in tests with gdbjs/git-gdb
When prefixing a Git call in the test suite with 'debug ', it will
now be run with GDB, allowing the developer to debug test failures
more conveniently.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | t/README | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | t/test-lib-functions.sh | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | wrap-for-bin.sh | 8 |
3 files changed, 20 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -563,6 +563,11 @@ library for your script to use. argument. This is primarily meant for use during the development of a new test script. + - debug <git-command> + + Run a git command inside a debugger. This is primarily meant for + use when debugging a failing test script. + - test_done Your test script must have test_done at the end. Its purpose diff --git a/t/test-lib-functions.sh b/t/test-lib-functions.sh index 6dffb8bcde..73e37a1f6c 100644 --- a/t/test-lib-functions.sh +++ b/t/test-lib-functions.sh @@ -145,6 +145,14 @@ test_pause () { fi } +# Wrap git in gdb. Adding this to a command can make it easier to +# understand what is going on in a failing test. +# +# Example: "debug git checkout master". +debug () { + GIT_TEST_GDB=1 "$@" +} + # Call test_commit with the arguments "<message> [<file> [<contents> [<tag>]]]" # # This will commit a file with the given contents and the given commit diff --git a/wrap-for-bin.sh b/wrap-for-bin.sh index 701d2339b9..db0ec6a737 100644 --- a/wrap-for-bin.sh +++ b/wrap-for-bin.sh @@ -19,4 +19,10 @@ GIT_TEXTDOMAINDIR='@@BUILD_DIR@@/po/build/locale' PATH='@@BUILD_DIR@@/bin-wrappers:'"$PATH" export GIT_EXEC_PATH GITPERLLIB PATH GIT_TEXTDOMAINDIR -exec "${GIT_EXEC_PATH}/@@PROG@@" "$@" +if test -n "$GIT_TEST_GDB" +then + unset GIT_TEST_GDB + exec gdb --args "${GIT_EXEC_PATH}/@@PROG@@" "$@" +else + exec "${GIT_EXEC_PATH}/@@PROG@@" "$@" +fi |