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Jeff King 799d449105 t/Makefile: get UNIT_TESTS list from C sources
We decide on the set of unit tests to run by asking make to expand the
wildcard "t/unit-tests/bin/*". One unfortunate outcome of this is that
we'll run anything in that directory, even if it is leftover cruft from
a previous build. This isn't _quite_ as bad as it sounds, since in
theory the unit tests executables are self-contained (so if they passed
before, they'll pass even though they now have nothing to do with the
checked out version of Git). But at the very least it's wasteful, and if
they _do_ fail it can be quite confusing to understand why they are
being run at all.

This wildcarding presumably came from our handling of the regular
shell-script tests, which use $(wildcard t[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]-*.sh).
But the difference there is that those are actual tracked files. So if
you checkout a different commit, they'll go away. Whereas the contents
of unit-tests/bin are ignored (so not only do they stick around, but you
are not even warned of the stale files via "git status").

This patch fixes the situation by looking for the actual unit-test
source files and then massaging those names into the final executable
names. This has two additional benefits:

  1. It will notice if we failed to build one or more unit-tests for
     some reason (whereas the current code just runs whatever made it to
     the bin/ directory).

  2. The wildcard should avoid other build cruft, like the pdb files we
     worked around in 0df903d402 (unit-tests: do not mistake `.pdb`
     files for being executable, 2023-09-25).

Our new wildcard does make an assumption that unit tests are built from
C sources. It would be a bit cleaner if we consulted UNIT_TEST_PROGRAMS
from the top-level Makefile. But doing so is tricky unless we reorganize
that Makefile to split the source file lists into include-able subfiles.
That might be worth doing in general, but in the meantime, the
assumptions made by the wildcard here seems reasonable.

Note that we do need to include config.mak.uname either way, though, as
we need the value of $(X) to compute the correct executable names (which
would be true even if we had access to the top-level's UNIT_TEST_PROGRAMS
variable).

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2024-01-31 14:41:12 -08:00
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Git - fast, scalable, distributed revision control system

Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations and full access to internals.

Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public License version 2 (some parts of it are under different licenses, compatible with the GPLv2). It was originally written by Linus Torvalds with help of a group of hackers around the net.

Please read the file INSTALL for installation instructions.

Many Git online resources are accessible from https://git-scm.com/ including full documentation and Git related tools.

See Documentation/gittutorial.txt to get started, then see Documentation/giteveryday.txt for a useful minimum set of commands, and Documentation/git-<commandname>.txt for documentation of each command. If git has been correctly installed, then the tutorial can also be read with man gittutorial or git help tutorial, and the documentation of each command with man git-<commandname> or git help <commandname>.

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The user discussion and development of Git take place on the Git mailing list -- everyone is welcome to post bug reports, feature requests, comments and patches to git@vger.kernel.org (read Documentation/SubmittingPatches for instructions on patch submission and Documentation/CodingGuidelines).

Those wishing to help with error message, usage and informational message string translations (localization l10) should see po/README.md (a po file is a Portable Object file that holds the translations).

To subscribe to the list, send an email with just "subscribe git" in the body to majordomo@vger.kernel.org (not the Git list). The mailing list archives are available at https://lore.kernel.org/git/, https://marc.info/?l=git and other archival sites.

Issues which are security relevant should be disclosed privately to the Git Security mailing list git-security@googlegroups.com.

The maintainer frequently sends the "What's cooking" reports that list the current status of various development topics to the mailing list. The discussion following them give a good reference for project status, development direction and remaining tasks.

The name "git" was given by Linus Torvalds when he wrote the very first version. He described the tool as "the stupid content tracker" and the name as (depending on your mood):

  • random three-letter combination that is pronounceable, and not actually used by any common UNIX command. The fact that it is a mispronunciation of "get" may or may not be relevant.
  • stupid. contemptible and despicable. simple. Take your pick from the dictionary of slang.
  • "global information tracker": you're in a good mood, and it actually works for you. Angels sing, and a light suddenly fills the room.
  • "goddamn idiotic truckload of sh*t": when it breaks