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| -rwxr-xr-x | t/t0303-credential-external.sh | 30 |
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diff --git a/t/t0303-credential-external.sh b/t/t0303-credential-external.sh index e771075255..f028fd1418 100755 --- a/t/t0303-credential-external.sh +++ b/t/t0303-credential-external.sh @@ -1,6 +1,34 @@ #!/bin/sh -test_description='external credential helper tests' +test_description='external credential helper tests + +This is a tool for authors of external helper tools to sanity-check +their helpers. If you have written the "git-credential-foo" helper, +you check it with: + + make GIT_TEST_CREDENTIAL_HELPER=foo t0303-credential-external.sh + +This assumes that your helper is capable of both storing and +retrieving credentials (some helpers may be read-only, and they will +fail these tests). + +Please note that the individual tests do not verify all of the +preconditions themselves, but rather build on each other. A failing +test means that tests later in the sequence can return false "OK" +results. + +If your helper supports time-based expiration with a configurable +timeout, you can test that feature with: + + make GIT_TEST_CREDENTIAL_HELPER=foo \ + GIT_TEST_CREDENTIAL_HELPER_TIMEOUT="foo --timeout=1" \ + t0303-credential-external.sh + +If your helper requires additional setup before the tests are started, +you can set GIT_TEST_CREDENTIAL_HELPER_SETUP to a sequence of shell +commands. +' + . ./test-lib.sh . "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/lib-credential.sh |