GIT_SKIP_TESTS: allow users to omit tests that are known to break

diff --git a/t/test-lib.sh b/t/test-lib.sh
index ad2b6f6ab430d4300e465c689d35b17004cdee67..98f69d89f395bfba8c77ab5a09f345f968f0ef4f 100755 (executable)
--- a/t/test-lib.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib.sh
@@ -125,16 +125,43 @@ test_run_ () {
        return 0
 }
 
+test_skip () {
+       this_test=$(expr "./$0" : '.*/\(t[0-9]*\)-[^/]*$')
+       this_test="$this_test.$(expr "$test_count" + 1)"
+       to_skip=
+       for skp in $GIT_SKIP_TESTS
+       do
+               case "$this_test" in
+               $skp)
+                       to_skip=t
+               esac
+       done
+       case "$to_skip" in
+       t)
+               say >&3 "skipping test: $@"
+               test_count=$(expr "$test_count" + 1)
+               say "skip $test_count: $1"
+               : true
+               ;;
+       *)
+               false
+               ;;
+       esac
+}
+
 test_expect_failure () {
        test "$#" = 2 ||
        error "bug in the test script: not 2 parameters to test-expect-failure"
-       say >&3 "expecting failure: $2"
-       test_run_ "$2"
-       if [ "$?" = 0 -a "$eval_ret" != 0 -a "$eval_ret" -lt 129 ]
+       if ! test_skip "$@"
        then
-               test_ok_ "$1"
-       else
-               test_failure_ "$@"
+               say >&3 "expecting failure: $2"
+               test_run_ "$2"
+               if [ "$?" = 0 -a "$eval_ret" != 0 -a "$eval_ret" -lt 129 ]
+               then
+                       test_ok_ "$1"
+               else
+                       test_failure_ "$@"
+               fi
        fi
        echo >&3 ""
 }
@@ -142,13 +169,16 @@ test_expect_failure () {
 test_expect_success () {
        test "$#" = 2 ||
        error "bug in the test script: not 2 parameters to test-expect-success"
-       say >&3 "expecting success: $2"
-       test_run_ "$2"
-       if [ "$?" = 0 -a "$eval_ret" = 0 ]
+       if ! test_skip "$@"
        then
-               test_ok_ "$1"
-       else
-               test_failure_ "$@"
+               say >&3 "expecting success: $2"
+               test_run_ "$2"
+               if [ "$?" = 0 -a "$eval_ret" = 0 ]
+               then
+                       test_ok_ "$1"
+               else
+                       test_failure_ "$@"
+               fi
        fi
        echo >&3 ""
 }
@@ -156,13 +186,16 @@ test_expect_success () {
 test_expect_code () {
        test "$#" = 3 ||
        error "bug in the test script: not 3 parameters to test-expect-code"
-       say >&3 "expecting exit code $1: $3"
-       test_run_ "$3"
-       if [ "$?" = 0 -a "$eval_ret" = "$1" ]
+       if ! test_skip "$@"
        then
-               test_ok_ "$2"
-       else
-               test_failure_ "$@"
+               say >&3 "expecting exit code $1: $3"
+               test_run_ "$3"
+               if [ "$?" = 0 -a "$eval_ret" = "$1" ]
+               then
+                       test_ok_ "$2"
+               else
+                       test_failure_ "$@"
+               fi
        fi
        echo >&3 ""
 }
@@ -223,3 +256,22 @@ test=trash
 rm -fr "$test"
 test_create_repo $test
 cd "$test"
+
+this_test=$(expr "./$0" : '.*/\(t[0-9]*\)-[^/]*$')
+for skp in $GIT_SKIP_TESTS
+do
+       to_skip=
+       for skp in $GIT_SKIP_TESTS
+       do
+               case "$this_test" in
+               $skp)
+                       to_skip=t
+               esac
+       done
+       case "$to_skip" in
+       t)
+               say >&3 "skipping test $this_test altogether"
+               say "skip all tests in $this_test"
+               test_done
+       esac
+done