Re: [RFC PATCH 2/4] test-tool run-command testsuite: support unit tests

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On 2024.02.01 15:08, Josh Steadmon wrote:
> On 2024.01.16 15:18, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> > Josh Steadmon <steadmon@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > > Second "--(no-)require-shell-test-pattern" bypasses the check that the
> > > test filenames match the expected t####-*.sh pattern.
> > 
> > This one I am not so sure.  Do we still have situations where
> > erroring out when fed a non t[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]-*.sh script is
> > problematic?  IOW, do we need to keep it as conditional?
> > 
> > 	... goes and looks ...
> > 
> > Ah, this variable/option is misnamed and that is what invited the
> > above nonsense question out of me.  The logic this option disables
> > does not "require" (and error out if the requirement is not met); it
> > is used in a loop over "ls *" and "filtering" files out that are not
> > the numbered scripts.
> > 
> > But that confusion makes me wonder if non-script side of tests would
> > also want some filtering in the longer run, even if the directory we
> > feed to "test-tool run" happens to contain nothing but what we want
> > to run right now.  I wonder if we instead want a variable that holds
> > a pattern used to match programs readdir() discovers and skip those
> > that do not match the pattern?  Its default value may be something
> > like "t[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]-*.sh" but alternatively you can give,
> > say, "*" to pass everything, or something like that.
> 
> The original implementation and this series both still allow passing
> additional patterns on the command line. Only tests matching the
> hardcoded t[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]-*.sh pattern plus all the command-line
> patterns will be run. The new flag just bypasses the hardcoded pattern.

Actually, I misspoke here. The test must match the hardcoded pattern
plus at least one of the command-line patterns (if any were provided).

> Given that V2 will already be changing in non-backwards-compatible ways,
> I think it makes the most sense to just delete the hardcoded pattern and
> require callers to provide it if they want it.

Given that it sounds like the testsuite functionality is not really used
at the moment, I still feel OK with changing the pattern matching logic
here for V2.




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