On Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 07:19:46PM +0000, Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget wrote: > From: Elijah Newren <newren@xxxxxxxxx> > > When using the --run flag to run just two or three tests from a test > file which contains several dozen tests, having every skipped test print > out dozens of lines of output for the test code for that skipped test > adds up to hundreds or thousands of lines of irrelevant output that make > it very hard to fish out the relevant results you were looking for. > Simplify the output for skipped tests down to just showing the one-line > descriptions. This last sentence is inaccurate in this version, isn't it? Other than that, I think this is a good change (I admit I never noticed the irrelevant output because it is only shown with "-v", and that is already full of irrelevant bits. But I have trouble imagining how it would be useful). Earlier discussion mentioned shortening the "ok 2 # skip" line, but I think removing this fd-3 version is the only sane direction. The other one gets parsed by TAP tools like prove, and may be shown. E.g., "prove --directive t0003-attributes.sh" shows the description of the skipped tests (likewise, "-v" shows all tests but highlights the skipped ones). -Peff
