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This patch automates the process of determining which tests failed previously and re-running them. While developing patch series, it is a good practice to run the test suite from time to time, just to make sure that obvious bugs are caught early. With complex patch series, it is common to run `make -j15 -k test`, i.e. run the tests in parallel and *not* stop at the first failing test but continue. This has the advantage of identifying possibly multiple problems in one big test run. It is particularly important to reduce the turn-around time thusly on Windows, where the test suite spends 45 minutes on the computer on which this patch was developed. It is the most convenient way to determine which tests failed after running the entire test suite, in parallel, to look for left-over "trash directory.t*" subdirectories in the t/ subdirectory. However, those directories might live outside t/ when overridden using the --root=<directory> option, to which the Makefile has no access. The next best method is to grep explicitly for failed tests in the test-results/ directory, which the Makefile *can* access. Please note that the often-recommended `prove` tool requires Perl, and that opens a whole new can of worms on Windows. As no native Windows Perl comes with Subversion bindings, we have to use a Perl in Git for Windows that uses the POSIX emulation layer named MSYS2 (which is a portable version of Cygwin). When using this emulation layer under stress, e.g. when running massively-parallel tests, unexplicable crashes occur quite frequently, and instead of having a solution to the original problem, the developer now has an additional, quite huge problem. For that reason, this developer rejected `prove` as a solution and went with this patch instead. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Reviewed-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Git - fast, scalable, distributed revision control system
Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations and full access to internals.
Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public License version 2 (some parts of it are under different licenses, compatible with the GPLv2). It was originally written by Linus Torvalds with help of a group of hackers around the net.
Please read the file INSTALL for installation instructions.
Many Git online resources are accessible from http://git-scm.com/ including full documentation and Git related tools.
See Documentation/gittutorial.txt to get started, then see
Documentation/giteveryday.txt for a useful minimum set of commands, and
Documentation/git-.txt for documentation of each command.
If git has been correctly installed, then the tutorial can also be
read with man gittutorial or git help tutorial, and the
documentation of each command with man git-<commandname> or git help <commandname>.
CVS users may also want to read Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt
(man gitcvs-migration or git help cvs-migration if git is
installed).
The user discussion and development of Git take place on the Git mailing list -- everyone is welcome to post bug reports, feature requests, comments and patches to git@vger.kernel.org (read Documentation/SubmittingPatches for instructions on patch submission). To subscribe to the list, send an email with just "subscribe git" in the body to majordomo@vger.kernel.org. The mailing list archives are available at https://public-inbox.org/git, http://marc.info/?l=git and other archival sites.
The maintainer frequently sends the "What's cooking" reports that list the current status of various development topics to the mailing list. The discussion following them give a good reference for project status, development direction and remaining tasks.
The name "git" was given by Linus Torvalds when he wrote the very first version. He described the tool as "the stupid content tracker" and the name as (depending on your mood):
- random three-letter combination that is pronounceable, and not actually used by any common UNIX command. The fact that it is a mispronunciation of "get" may or may not be relevant.
- stupid. contemptible and despicable. simple. Take your pick from the dictionary of slang.
- "global information tracker": you're in a good mood, and it actually works for you. Angels sing, and a light suddenly fills the room.
- "goddamn idiotic truckload of sh*t": when it breaks