From f38660b14bdfd5f63bac4dc4364457ae1be232a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Patrick Ohly <patrick.ohly@intel.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:18:56 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] test: move list of extra tests into separate file

This is a bit easier to edit than directly in the bash script.
---
 hack/dependency-unit-tests.conf | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 hack/make-rules/test.sh         | 23 ++++-------------------
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 hack/dependency-unit-tests.conf

diff --git a/hack/dependency-unit-tests.conf b/hack/dependency-unit-tests.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8f34eb26db7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/dependency-unit-tests.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# These packages get included in the set of packages tested by "make test"
+# when no explicit WHAT target is specified.
+#
+# Which packages to include here is a bit subjective:
+# - Should be "important". In particular, it should
+#   be compiled into one of our production binaries (use
+#   `go mod why $package` without the vendor prefix) or
+#   be used regularly.
+# - Should be at risk of breaking because we compile them
+#   differently than upstream (different Go version, different
+#   dependencies).
+# - Must support being tested outside of their normal source tree.
+# - Must be reasonably fast.
+
+# Compiled differently (Go version, dependencies) than in the upstream
+# repo, therefore worth testing locally.
+hack/tools/golangci-lint/sigs.k8s.io/logtools/...
+
+# This is just one package which is known to work.
+# The goal is to run more.
+vendor/go.etcd.io/etcd/client/pkg/v3/fileutil
diff --git a/hack/make-rules/test.sh b/hack/make-rules/test.sh
index 6893ef406e5..b6e74991bab 100755
--- a/hack/make-rules/test.sh
+++ b/hack/make-rules/test.sh
@@ -176,25 +176,10 @@ for arg; do
 done
 if [[ ${#testcases[@]} -eq 0 ]]; then
   # If the user passed no targets in, we want ~everything.
-  kube::util::read-array testcases < <(kube::test::find_go_packages)
-
-  # In addition, also test some specific upstream packages.
-  # Which packages to include here is a bit subjective:
-  # - Should be "important". In particular, it should
-  #   be compiled into one of our production binaries (use
-  #   `go mod why $package` without the vendor prefix) or
-  #   be used regularly.
-  # - Should be at risk of breaking because we compile them
-  #   differently than upstream (different Go version, different
-  #   dependencies).
-  # - Must support being tested outside of their normal source tree.
-  # - Must be reasonably fast.
-  testcases+=(
-      hack/tools/golangci-lint/sigs.k8s.io/logtools/...
-
-      # This is just an one package which is known to work.
-      # The goal is to run more.
-      vendor/go.etcd.io/etcd/client/pkg/v3/fileutil
+  # In addition also test some specific upstream packages.
+  kube::util::read-array testcases < <(
+    kube::test::find_go_packages
+    grep -v -e '^#' -e '^$' "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/dependency-unit-tests.conf"
   )
 else
   # If the user passed targets, we should normalize them.