# HG changeset patch
# User Kyle Lippincott <spectral@google.com>
# Date 2021-02-04 19:32:08
# Node ID 02d91167cfc3f3cf57589d6b4356f3869d10f1e9
# Parent  fa7ae7aa0efd2895768a0ad57339a2030fb0fac6

tests: add a comment in a test that will hopefully save someone some time

I spent at least an hour, probably closer to 1.5, trying to figure out what this
was complaining about. Hopefully anyone else in my position will see this note
and not waste the time.

Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D9953

diff --git a/tests/test-check-module-imports.t b/tests/test-check-module-imports.t
--- a/tests/test-check-module-imports.t
+++ b/tests/test-check-module-imports.t
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ these may expose other cycles.
 Known-bad files are excluded by -X as some of them would produce unstable
 outputs, which should be fixed later.
 
+NOTE: the `hg locate` command here only works on files that are known to
+Mercurial. If you add an import of a new file and haven't yet `hg add`ed it, you
+will likely receive warnings about a direct import.
+
   $ testrepohg locate 'set:**.py or grep(r"^#!.*?python")' \
   > 'tests/**.t' \
   > -X hgweb.cgi \