Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/5] fsmonitor: update GIT_TEST_FSMONITOR support

From: SZEDER Gábor <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2018 12:01:43 +0200

On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 11:29:35PM +0000, Ben Peart wrote:
> diff --git a/t/README b/t/README
> index 56a417439c..47165f7eab 100644
> --- a/t/README
> +++ b/t/README
> @@ -319,6 +319,10 @@ GIT_TEST_OE_DELTA_SIZE=<n> exercises the uncommon pack-objects code
>  path where deltas larger than this limit require extra memory
>  allocation for bookkeeping.
>  
> +GIT_TEST_FSMONITOR=$PWD/t7519/fsmonitor-all exercises the fsmonitor
> +code path for utilizing a file system monitor to speed up detecting
> +new or changed files.

Here you tell us to set GIT_TEST_FSMONITOR to an absolute path, and we
are good to go.

> diff --git a/t/t7519-status-fsmonitor.sh b/t/t7519-status-fsmonitor.sh
> index 756beb0d8e..d77012ea6d 100755
> --- a/t/t7519-status-fsmonitor.sh
> +++ b/t/t7519-status-fsmonitor.sh
> @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ test_description='git status with file system watcher'
>  # To run the entire git test suite using fsmonitor:
>  #
>  # copy t/t7519/fsmonitor-all to a location in your path and then set
> -# GIT_FSMONITOR_TEST=fsmonitor-all and run your tests.
> +# GIT_TEST_FSMONITOR=fsmonitor-all and run your tests.

But this old comment is different, suggesting copying that script to
our $PATH.

I prefer your instructions above, because it's only a single step,
and, more importantly, it won't pollute my $PATH.  I think this
comment should be updated to make the advices in both places
consistent.  Or perhaps even removed, now that all GIT_TEST variables
are documented in the same place?