testdir/runnvim.sh: create messages file always (#11503)

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/nvim/testdir/runnvim.sh b/src/nvim/testdir/runnvim.sh
index 2dcd9150be..72f9254635 100755
--- a/src/nvim/testdir/runnvim.sh
+++ b/src/nvim/testdir/runnvim.sh
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ main() {(
   fi
   if test "$FAILED" = 1 ; then
     echo "Test $test_name failed, see output above and summary for more details" >> test.log
+    # When Neovim crashed/aborted it might not have created messages.
+    # test.log itself is used as an indicator to exit non-zero in the Makefile.
+    if ! test -f message; then
+      cp -a test.log messages
+    fi
   fi
 )}