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authorJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2005-12-10 20:55:32 -0800
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2005-12-10 20:55:32 -0800
commiteea420693befc2f876079a8a4585ea8ebf07c047 (patch)
treefa577fa4487251d2cc2fb0d0e2fddbfa4e9e7c02 /t/t0000-basic.sh
parent73ab46d6d03fc38e7b57f7fb731da432d4433268 (diff)
downloadgit-eea420693befc2f876079a8a4585ea8ebf07c047.tar.gz
t0000: catch trivial pilot errors.
People seem to be getting test failure from t6021 not becuase git is faulty but because they forgot to install "merge". Check this and other trivial pilot errors in the first test. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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@@ -17,8 +17,37 @@ IDs. When object ID computation changes, like in the previous case of
swapping compression and hashing order, the person who is making the
modification *should* take notice and update the test vectors here.
'
+
+################################################################
+# It appears that people are getting bitten by not installing
+# 'merge' (usually part of RCS package in binary distributions)
+# or have too old python without subprocess. Check them and error
+# out before running any tests. Also catch the bogosity of trying
+# to run tests without building while we are at it.
+
+../git >/dev/null
+if test $? != 1
+then
+ echo >&2 'You do not seem to have built git yet.'
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+merge >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
+if test $? == 127
+then
+ echo >&2 'You do not seem to have "merge" installed.
+Please check INSTALL document.'
+ exit 1
+fi
+
. ./test-lib.sh
+"$PYTHON" -c 'import subprocess' || {
+ echo >&2 'Your python seem to lack "subprocess" module.
+Please check INSTALL document.'
+ exit 1
+}
+
################################################################
# init-db has been done in an empty repository.
# make sure it is empty.