Merge branch 'js/test-tool-gen-nuls'

* js/test-tool-gen-nuls:
  tests: teach the test-tool to generate NUL bytes and use it

Author: gitster

Makefile

@@ -740,6 +740,7 @@ TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-dump-split-index.o
 TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-dump-untracked-cache.o
 TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-example-decorate.o
 TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-genrandom.o
+TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-genzeros.o
 TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-hash.o
 TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-hashmap.o
 TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-hash-speed.o

t/helper/test-genzeros.c

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#include "test-tool.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+
+int cmd__genzeros(int argc, const char **argv)
+{
+	long count;
+
+	if (argc > 2) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s [<count>]\n", argv[0]);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	count = argc > 1 ? strtol(argv[1], NULL, 0) : -1L;
+
+	while (count < 0 || count--) {
+		if (putchar(0) == EOF)
+			return -1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}

t/helper/test-tool.c

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ static struct test_cmd cmds[] = {
 	{ "dump-untracked-cache", cmd__dump_untracked_cache },
 	{ "example-decorate", cmd__example_decorate },
 	{ "genrandom", cmd__genrandom },
+	{ "genzeros", cmd__genzeros },
 	{ "hashmap", cmd__hashmap },
 	{ "hash-speed", cmd__hash_speed },
 	{ "index-version", cmd__index_version },

t/helper/test-tool.h

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ int cmd__dump_split_index(int argc, const char **argv);
 int cmd__dump_untracked_cache(int argc, const char **argv);
 int cmd__example_decorate(int argc, const char **argv);
 int cmd__genrandom(int argc, const char **argv);
+int cmd__genzeros(int argc, const char **argv);
 int cmd__hashmap(int argc, const char **argv);
 int cmd__hash_speed(int argc, const char **argv);
 int cmd__index_version(int argc, const char **argv);

t/test-lib-functions.sh

@@ -120,13 +120,7 @@ remove_cr () {
 # If $1 is 'infinity', output forever or until the receiving pipe stops reading,
 # whichever comes first.
 generate_zero_bytes () {
-	perl -e 'if ($ARGV[0] == "infinity") {
-		while (-1) {
-			print "\0"
-		}
-	} else {
-		print "\0" x $ARGV[0]
-	}' "$@"
+	test-tool genzeros "$@"
 }
 
 # In some bourne shell implementations, the "unset" builtin returns