Merge branch 'js/test-ln-s-add'

Many tests that check the behaviour of symbolic links stored in the
index or the tree objects do not have to be skipped on a filesystem
that lack symbolic link support.

* js/test-ln-s-add:
  t4011: remove SYMLINKS prerequisite
  t6035: use test_ln_s_add to remove SYMLINKS prerequisite
  t3509, t4023, t4114: use test_ln_s_add to remove SYMLINKS prerequisite
  t3100: use test_ln_s_add to remove SYMLINKS prerequisite
  t3030: use test_ln_s_add to remove SYMLINKS prerequisite
  t0000: use test_ln_s_add to remove SYMLINKS prerequisite
  tests: use test_ln_s_add to remove SYMLINKS prerequisite (trivial cases)
  tests: introduce test_ln_s_add
  t3010: modernize style
  test-chmtime: Fix exit code on Windows

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/t/README b/t/README
index 35b3c5c..ec52468 100644
--- a/t/README
+++ b/t/README
@@ -595,6 +595,20 @@ library for your script to use.
 		test_cmp expected actual
 	'
 
+ - test_ln_s_add <path1> <path2>
+
+   This function helps systems whose filesystem does not support symbolic
+   links. Use it to add a symbolic link entry to the index when it is not
+   important that the file system entry is a symbolic link, i.e., instead
+   of the sequence
+
+	ln -s foo bar &&
+	git add bar
+
+   Sometimes it is possible to split a test in a part that does not need
+   the symbolic link in the file system and a part that does; then only
+   the latter part need be protected by a SYMLINKS prerequisite (see below).
+
 Prerequisites
 -------------