Re: [PATCH/RFC] test-lib: make --verbose work under prove

On Sun, Feb 28, 2021 at 09:25:06PM +0100, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:

As explained in 452320f1f5 (test-lib: add --verbose-log option,
2016-10-21) combining the "--verbose" option with the TAP-parsing
"prove" utility would result in broken tests.

This is because "prove" expects valid TAP on stdout, and if there's a
stray line starting with "ok", or other invalid TAP syntax it will
error on the test.

In 452320f1f5 numerous potential methods are discussed for dealing
with this problem, but not the one implemented here, which I think is
a much simpler approach.

I guess I don't really have an objection to this method existing, but I
don't see the point of it now. The original problem has been solved, and
I don't find this any simpler than --verbose-log (on the contrary, I
find it much more complicated). So I don't know why I would want to use
this instead.

-Peff