[HADOOP-11951] test-patch should give better info about failures to handle dev-support updates without resetrepo option

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.8.0, 3.0.0-alpha1
• Assignee: Sean Busbey
• Reporter: Sean Busbey
• Created: 09/May/15 20:27
• Updated: 30/Aug/16 01:28
• Resolved: 11/May/15 18:46

Description

Right now, reexecuting for dev-support changes fails if test-patch can't reset the local working directory (either via --reset-repo or implicitly via --jenkins). It fails with a message about having a dirty workspace. If you clean things up and rerun with the "allow dirty workspace" option, it then fails because the patch can't be reapplied.

Instead just give a good message about not being able to reexec and leave a warning in jira feedback.