Merge branch 'en/git-debugger'

Dev support.

* en/git-debugger:
  Make running git under other debugger-like programs easy

1 files changed, 20 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/t/test-lib-functions.sh b/t/test-lib-functions.sh
index 7d620bf2a9..c55ef099c3 100644
--- a/t/test-lib-functions.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib-functions.sh
@@ -145,12 +145,28 @@ test_pause () {
 	"$SHELL_PATH" <&6 >&5 2>&7
 }
 
-# Wrap git in gdb. Adding this to a command can make it easier to
-# understand what is going on in a failing test.
+# Wrap git with a debugger. Adding this to a command can make it easier
+# to understand what is going on in a failing test.
 #
-# Example: "debug git checkout master".
+# Examples:
+#     debug git checkout master
+#     debug --debugger=nemiver git $ARGS
+#     debug -d "valgrind --tool=memcheck --track-origins=yes" git $ARGS
 debug () {
-	 GIT_TEST_GDB=1 "$@" <&6 >&5 2>&7
+	case "$1" in
+	-d)
+		GIT_DEBUGGER="$2" &&
+		shift 2
+		;;
+	--debugger=*)
+		GIT_DEBUGGER="${1#*=}" &&
+		shift 1
+		;;
+	*)
+		GIT_DEBUGGER=1
+		;;
+	esac &&
+	GIT_DEBUGGER="${GIT_DEBUGGER}" "$@" <&6 >&5 2>&7
 }
 
 # Call test_commit with the arguments