Chandra Pratap [off-list ref] writes:

Hello Chandra,

In the recent codebase update (commit 8bf6fbd, 2023-12-09), a new unit
testing framework written entirely in C was introduced to the Git project
aimed at simplifying testing and reducing test run times.
Currently, tests for the reftable refs-backend are performed by a custom
testing framework defined by reftable/test_framework.{c, h}. Port
reftable/record_test.c to the unit testing framework and improve upon
the ported test.

The first patch in the series moves the test to the unit testing framework,
and the rest of the patches improve upon the ported test.

I did review the series, I must say I'm not too familiar with the
'unit-tests' framework, so most of this code was new for me.

Tangential to this GSoC project, I was hoping for some documentation
regarding writing/running 'unit-tests', something similar to how we have
't/README'. This would help formalize expected styling and tips around
writing tests, and also how to run individual tests. I was mostly able
to figure it out from the makefiles, but it would be easier if there was
documentation too. (We did discuss this internally, but I think it's
worthwhile stating on the list).