Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/18] test-lib: provide test prereq REFFILES

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2021 15:57:35 -0700

"Han-Wen Nienhuys via GitGitGadget" <[email-masked]> writes:

> From: Han-Wen Nienhuys <[email-masked]>
>
> REFFILES can be used to mark tests that are specific to the packed/loose ref
> storage format and its limitations. Marking such tests is a preparation for
> introducing the reftable storage backend.

We'd want a bit of documentation either here or in t/README to
explain things like how these two interact with each other, if both
can be active at the same time, etc.

>
> Signed-off-by: Han-Wen Nienhuys <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  t/test-lib.sh | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/t/test-lib.sh b/t/test-lib.sh
> index d3f6af6a6545..ea7397c633db 100644
> --- a/t/test-lib.sh
> +++ b/t/test-lib.sh
> @@ -1481,6 +1481,8 @@ parisc* | hppa*)
>  	;;
>  esac
>  
> +test_set_prereq REFFILES
> +
>  ( COLUMNS=1 && test $COLUMNS = 1 ) && test_set_prereq COLUMNS_CAN_BE_1
>  test -z "$NO_PERL" && test_set_prereq PERL
>  test -z "$NO_PTHREADS" && test_set_prereq PTHREADS