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`git annex test` is not allowed to make network connections. (It does do some
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mocking to eg, test ssh special remotes without actually using ssh.)
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`git annex testremote` is allowed to use the network, but only when the
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user has set up a remote to test. Some parts of git-annex involve network
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connections, but not as part of accessing a remote, or are specific to a
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particular special remote. There outght to be a test suite for that stuff
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as well.
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A motivating example is `git annex p2p --pair`, which was
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[[broken for years due to lack of testing|apparent_regression_in_git_annex_p2p_--pair_usage_of_magic_wormhole_invocaction]].
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Fully testing that would involve setting up tor hidden services which is far
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too extreme for a test suite (and needs root), but it should at least be
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possible to test the interface to magic-wormhole, allowing it to make a
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connection to the wormhole server.
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More examples:
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* git-annex multicast (would need two hosts on a lan ideally but
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could at least try to multicast back to the same host)
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* git-annex addurl and git-annex importfeed with http urls.
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And testing the various security configs that affect them.
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This could be done as a new command or a flag to `git annex test`.
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In any case, the new test suite would need to be run somewhere;
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running it on at least some of the autobuilders might be a good way.
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--[[Joey]]
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