Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] meson: respect 'tests' build option in contrib

From: Sam James <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2025 18:25:38 +0000

Patrick Steinhardt <[email-masked]> writes:

> Both the "netrc" credential helper and git-subtree(1) from "contrib/"
> carry a couple of tests with them. These tests get wired up in Meson
> unconditionally even in the case where `-Dtests=false`. As those tests
> depend on the `test_enviroment` variable, which only gets defined in
> case `-Dtests=true`, the result is an error:
>
> ```
> $ meson setup -Dtests=false -Dcontrib=subtree build
> [...]
>
> contrib/subtree/meson.build:15:27: ERROR: Unknown variable "test_environment".
> ```
>
> Fix the issue by not defining these tests at all in case the "tests"
> option is set to `false`.

Thank you! Sorry for the delay in getting back to you -- I had some
thought that I was trying to resolve about the nicer style and then
dropped the ball. LGTM.

>
> Reported-by: Sam James <[email-masked]>
> Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  contrib/credential/netrc/meson.build | 22 ++++++++++++----------
>  contrib/subtree/meson.build          | 20 +++++++++++---------
>  2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/contrib/credential/netrc/meson.build b/contrib/credential/netrc/meson.build
> index a990dbb86da..3d74547c8ae 100644
> --- a/contrib/credential/netrc/meson.build
> +++ b/contrib/credential/netrc/meson.build
> @@ -7,14 +7,16 @@ credential_netrc = custom_target(
>    install_dir: get_option('libexecdir') / 'git-core',
>  )
>  
> -credential_netrc_testenv = test_environment
> -credential_netrc_testenv.set('CREDENTIAL_NETRC_PATH', credential_netrc.full_path())
> +if get_option('tests')
> +  credential_netrc_testenv = test_environment
> +  credential_netrc_testenv.set('CREDENTIAL_NETRC_PATH', credential_netrc.full_path())
>  
> -test('t-git-credential-netrc',
> -  shell,
> -  args: [ meson.current_source_dir() / 't-git-credential-netrc.sh' ],
> -  workdir: meson.current_source_dir(),
> -  env: credential_netrc_testenv,
> -  depends: test_dependencies + bin_wrappers + [credential_netrc],
> -  timeout: 0,
> -)
> +  test('t-git-credential-netrc',
> +    shell,
> +    args: [ meson.current_source_dir() / 't-git-credential-netrc.sh' ],
> +    workdir: meson.current_source_dir(),
> +    env: credential_netrc_testenv,
> +    depends: test_dependencies + bin_wrappers + [credential_netrc],
> +    timeout: 0,
> +  )
> +endif
> diff --git a/contrib/subtree/meson.build b/contrib/subtree/meson.build
> index 9c72b236259..63714166a61 100644
> --- a/contrib/subtree/meson.build
> +++ b/contrib/subtree/meson.build
> @@ -12,16 +12,18 @@ git_subtree = custom_target(
>    install_dir: get_option('libexecdir') / 'git-core',
>  )
>  
> -subtree_test_environment = test_environment
> -subtree_test_environment.prepend('PATH', meson.current_build_dir())
> +if get_option('tests')
> +  subtree_test_environment = test_environment
> +  subtree_test_environment.prepend('PATH', meson.current_build_dir())
>  
> -test('t7900-subtree', shell,
> -  args: [ 't7900-subtree.sh' ],
> -  env: subtree_test_environment,
> -  workdir: meson.current_source_dir() / 't',
> -  depends: test_dependencies + bin_wrappers + [ git_subtree ],
> -  timeout: 0,
> -)
> +  test('t7900-subtree', shell,
> +    args: [ 't7900-subtree.sh' ],
> +    env: subtree_test_environment,
> +    workdir: meson.current_source_dir() / 't',
> +    depends: test_dependencies + bin_wrappers + [ git_subtree ],
> +    timeout: 0,
> +  )
> +endif
>  
>  if get_option('docs').contains('man')
>    subtree_xml = custom_target(