Merge branch 'jk/attr-macro-fix'

[thirdparty/git.git] / t / README

diff --git a/t/README b/t/README
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--- a/t/README
+++ b/t/README
@@ -186,6 +186,22 @@ appropriately before running "make".
        this feature by setting the GIT_TEST_CHAIN_LINT environment
        variable to "1" or "0", respectively.
 
+--stress::
+--stress=<N>::
+       Run the test script repeatedly in multiple parallel jobs until
+       one of them fails.  Useful for reproducing rare failures in
+       flaky tests.  The number of parallel jobs is, in order of
+       precedence: <N>, or the value of the GIT_TEST_STRESS_LOAD
+       environment variable, or twice the number of available
+       processors (as shown by the 'getconf' utility), or 8.
+       Implies `--verbose -x --immediate` to get the most information
+       about the failure.  Note that the verbose output of each test
+       job is saved to 't/test-results/$TEST_NAME.stress-<nr>.out',
+       and only the output of the failed test job is shown on the
+       terminal.  The names of the trash directories get a
+       '.stress-<nr>' suffix, and the trash directory of the failed
+       test job is renamed to end with a '.stress-failed' suffix.
+
 You can also set the GIT_TEST_INSTALLED environment variable to
 the bindir of an existing git installation to test that installation.
 You still need to have built this git sandbox, from which various
@@ -358,6 +374,11 @@ GIT_TEST_MULTI_PACK_INDEX=<boolean>, when true, forces the multi-pack-
 index to be written after every 'git repack' command, and overrides the
 'core.multiPackIndex' setting to true.
 
+GIT_TEST_SIDEBAND_ALL=<boolean>, when true, overrides the
+'uploadpack.allowSidebandAll' setting to true, and when false, forces
+fetch-pack to not request sideband-all (even if the server advertises
+sideband-all).
+
 Naming Tests
 ------------
 
@@ -425,7 +446,8 @@ This test harness library does the following things:
  - Creates an empty test directory with an empty .git/objects database
    and chdir(2) into it.  This directory is 't/trash
    directory.$test_name_without_dotsh', with t/ subject to change by
-   the --root option documented above.
+   the --root option documented above, and a '.stress-<N>' suffix
+   appended by the --stress option.
 
  - Defines standard test helper functions for your scripts to
    use.  These functions are designed to make all scripts behave