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### Reviews
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*[test-lib: make '--stress' more bisect-friendly](https://public-inbox.org/git/[email protected]/)
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*[test-lib: make '\-\-stress' more bisect-friendly](https://public-inbox.org/git/[email protected]/)
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`--stress` is an option that can be passed to a test script from the
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Git test suite to try to reproduce rare failures in the test script
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by running it many times in parallel.
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Gábor Szeder had initially implemented this option starting
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[last december](https://public-inbox.org/git/[email protected]/)
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[last December](https://public-inbox.org/git/[email protected]/)
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based on [a script](https://github.com/peff/git/blob/meta/stress)
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that Jeff King, alias Peff had developed and
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that Jeff King, alias Peff, had developed and
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[mentioned](https://public-inbox.org/git/[email protected]/)
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on the mailing list.
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introduced a test failure when the test failure is not easy to
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Specifically the patch was addressing two issues with
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Specifically, the patch was addressing two issues with
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`--stress`. The first one is that `--stress` runs the test script
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endlessly when the test doesn't fail. This is fixed with a new
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`--stress-limit=<N>` option "to repeat the test script at most N
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fails, it exits with a success error code. This is addressed by
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making it exit with a failure error code in this case.
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This makes it possible to automatically find the commit that
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introduced a flakiness in for example `t1234-foo.sh` using something
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like:
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With the improvement, it is possible to automatically find the
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commit that introduced a flakiness in for example `t1234-foo.sh`,
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using something like:
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```sh
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$ git bisect start origin/pu master
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$ git bisect run sh -c 'make && cd t && ./t1234-foo.sh --stress --stress-limit=300'
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Gábor and Peff then discussed a few things. About how to select a
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good N to pass to `--stress-limit=<N>`, Gábor suggested runnning the
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Gábor and Peff then discussed a few details. Regarding how to select a
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good N to pass to `--stress-limit=<N>`, Gábor suggested running the
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test script with `--stress` 3-5 times to trigger the failure, taking
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the highest repetition count that was necessary for the failure and
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multiplying it by 4-6 to get a round number".
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Gábor later sent [a following patch](https://public-inbox.org/git/[email protected]/)
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Gábor later sent [a subsequent patch](https://public-inbox.org/git/[email protected]/)
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to fix a minor issue in his previous patches, as it seems that some
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shells require the `!` character to start a non-matching pattern
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bracket expression instead of `^` that he had used.
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* The [Gerrit User Summit 2019](https://gus2019.eventbrite.com) will take place
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in Gothenburg 29-30 August, hosted by [Volvo Cars](http://volvocars.com).
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The event is free but seats are limited. For the first time also the community
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opens the 5-days Hackathon 24-28 August, same location, to everyone: the only
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opens the 5days Hackathon 24-28 August, same location, to everyone: the only
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requirement is to be willing to learn and contribute to the JGit or Gerrit
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Code Review project.
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Jakub Narębski &lt;<[email protected]>&gt;,
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Markus Jansen &lt;<[email protected]>&gt; and
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Gabriel Alcaras &lt;<[email protected]>&gt;
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with help from Luca Milanesio &lt;<[email protected]>&gt.
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with help from Luca Milanesio &lt;<[email protected]>&gt;.

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