X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=test%2FREADME;h=07da480be5f758a2b043d7ce6c1b44b25486c466;hb=01cc4a31155dc71643fce1b619778493c1ff0dd7;hp=1a5b516721fd24d0f4d28c201667c436a41f553f;hpb=209e756cd4571964821221d5d4d8447b0aadd43d;p=notmuch diff --git a/test/README b/test/README index 1a5b5167..07da480b 100644 --- a/test/README +++ b/test/README @@ -68,11 +68,11 @@ remaining tests to be unaffected. Writing Tests ------------- -The test script is written as a shell script. It should start -with the standard "#!/bin/bash" with copyright notices, and an +The test script is written as a shell script. It should start with +the standard "#!/usr/bin/env bash" with copyright notices, and an assignment to variable 'test_description', like this: - #!/bin/bash + #!/usr/bin/env bash # # Copyright (c) 2005 Junio C Hamano # @@ -147,6 +147,13 @@ library for your script to use. will generate a failure and print the difference of the two strings. + test_expect_equal_failure + + This works similar to test_expect_equal (see above) but is used to + mark a test that demonstrates a known breakage, (that is, the + author of the test expectes "output" and "expected" to differ until + the breakage is fixed). See test_expect_failure for details. + test_debug