[PATCH v2 00/13] literal folder: prefix, new path: prefix

[David Bremner]

Jani Nikula <jani at nikula.org> writes:

>
> I think we should use the prereq mechanism in the tests to check if a
> required test database is in place, skipping the test if not. This
> should be fairly straightforward to do, and does not care *how* the test
> database is to be fetched. (I'm undecided whether the test should verify
> the checksum, or the part that fetches the database. Minor detail.)

Yep, prereqs sounds fine.  SHA256 verification is pretty fast (on the
scale of test suite operations), so I'd lean to doing it late, but
I could be convinced otherwise.

>
> I know git annex in principle, but don't have any practical experience
> with it. I don't really have any ideas for that.

Well, if you don't mind the rest of the setup (SHA256 sums checked,
tarballs fetched if needed), we can forge ahead for now.

d