The 'test_cmp_rev' helper is merely a wrapper around 'test_cmp'
checking the output of two 'git rev-parse' commands, which means that
its output on failure is not particularly informative, as it's
basically two OIDs with a bit of extra clutter of the diff header, but
without any indication of which two revisions have caused the failure:
--- expect.rev 2018-11-17 14:02:11.569747033 +0000
+++ actual.rev 2018-11-17 14:02:11.569747033 +0000
@@ -1 +1 @@
-d79ce1670bdcb76e6d1da2ae095e890ccb326ae9
+139b20d8e6c5b496de61f033f642d0e3dbff528d
It also pollutes the test repo with these two intermediate files,
though that doesn't seem to cause any complications in our current
tests (meaning that I couldn't find any tests that have to work around
the presence of these files by explicitly removing or ignoring them).
Enhance 'test_cmp_rev' to provide a more useful output on failure with
less clutter:
error: two revisions point to different objects:
'HEAD^': d79ce1670bdcb76e6d1da2ae095e890ccb326ae9
'extra': 139b20d8e6c5b496de61f033f642d0e3dbff528d
Doing so is more convenient when storing the OIDs outputted by 'git
rev-parse' in a local variable each, which, as a bonus, won't pollute
the repository with intermediate files.
While at it, also ensure that 'test_cmp_rev' is invoked with the right
number of parameters, namely two.
Signed-off-by: SZEDER Gábor <szeder.dev@xxxxxxxxx>
---
t/test-lib-functions.sh | 20 +++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/t/test-lib-functions.sh b/t/test-lib-functions.sh
index d158c8d0bf..fc84db67a1 100644
--- a/t/test-lib-functions.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib-functions.sh
@@ -854,9 +854,23 @@ test_must_be_empty () {
# Tests that its two parameters refer to the same revision
test_cmp_rev () {
- git rev-parse --verify "$1" >expect.rev &&
- git rev-parse --verify "$2" >actual.rev &&
- test_cmp expect.rev actual.rev
+ if test $# != 2
+ then
+ error "bug in the test script: test_cmp_rev requires two revisions, but got $#"
+ else
+ local r1 r2
+ r1=$(git rev-parse --verify "$1") &&
+ r2=$(git rev-parse --verify "$2") &&
+ if test "$r1" != "$r2"
+ then
+ cat >&4 <<-EOF
+ error: two revisions point to different objects:
+ '$1': $r1
+ '$2': $r2
+ EOF
+ return 1
+ fi
+ fi
}
# Print a sequence of integers in increasing order, either with
--
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