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| -rw-r--r-- | t/README | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | t/test-lib-functions.sh | 4 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -340,7 +340,11 @@ Don't: - use perl without spelling it as "$PERL_PATH". This is to help our friends on Windows where the platform Perl often adds CR before the end of line, and they bundle Git with a version of Perl that - does not do so, whose path is specified with $PERL_PATH. + does not do so, whose path is specified with $PERL_PATH. Note that we + provide a "perl" function which uses $PERL_PATH under the hood, so + you do not need to worry when simply running perl in the test scripts + (but you do, for example, on a shebang line or in a sub script + created via "write_script"). - use sh without spelling it as "$SHELL_PATH", when the script can be misinterpreted by broken platform shell (e.g. Solaris). @@ -387,7 +391,7 @@ of the test_* functions (see the "Test harness library" section below), e.g.: test_expect_success PERL 'I need Perl' ' - "$PERL_PATH" -e "hlagh() if unf_unf()" + perl -e "hlagh() if unf_unf()" ' The advantage of skipping tests like this is that platforms that don't @@ -520,7 +524,7 @@ library for your script to use. test_external \ 'GitwebCache::*FileCache*' \ - "$PERL_PATH" "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t9503/test_cache_interface.pl + perl "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t9503/test_cache_interface.pl If the test is outputting its own TAP you should set the test_external_has_tap variable somewhere before calling the first @@ -536,7 +540,7 @@ library for your script to use. test_external_without_stderr \ 'Perl API' \ - "$PERL_PATH" "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t9700/test.pl + perl "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t9700/test.pl - test_expect_code <exit-code> <command> diff --git a/t/test-lib-functions.sh b/t/test-lib-functions.sh index a7e9aacbb2..53af452c12 100644 --- a/t/test-lib-functions.sh +++ b/t/test-lib-functions.sh @@ -710,3 +710,7 @@ test_ln_s_add () { git update-index --add --cacheinfo 120000 $ln_s_obj "$2" fi } + +perl () { + command "$PERL_PATH" "$@" +} |