From 1a694385529ebc8534c062ec2667631f4bd9df0a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Foster <daniel@amesite.me>
Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2026 13:45:16 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] mtest: add -k as alias to --maxfail

An equivalent option is available on ninja as -k, so let's alias that.
---
 data/shell-completions/bash/meson | 3 ++-
 data/shell-completions/zsh/_meson | 1 +
 mesonbuild/mtest.py               | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/data/shell-completions/bash/meson b/data/shell-completions/bash/meson
index 90f5095cb..3ee3ea025 100644
--- a/data/shell-completions/bash/meson
+++ b/data/shell-completions/bash/meson
@@ -561,6 +561,7 @@ _meson-test() {
   shortopts=(
     h
     j
+    k
     q
     v
     t
@@ -595,7 +596,7 @@ _meson-test() {
   local cur prev
   if _get_comp_words_by_ref -n ':' cur prev &>/dev/null; then
     case $prev in
-      --maxfail | --repeat)
+      -k | --maxfail | --repeat)
         # number, can't be completed
         return
         ;;
diff --git a/data/shell-completions/zsh/_meson b/data/shell-completions/zsh/_meson
index d0c3bcf46..5ec3a2a1a 100644
--- a/data/shell-completions/zsh/_meson
+++ b/data/shell-completions/zsh/_meson
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ local -a meson_commands=(
 
   # TODO: complete test suites
   local -a specs=(
+  '(--maxfail -k)'{'--maxfail','-k'}'=[number of failing tests before aborting]:number of failing tests: '
   '--repeat[number of times to run the tests]:number of times to repeat: '
   '--no-rebuild[do not rebuild before running tests]'
   '--gdb[run tests under gdb]'
diff --git a/mesonbuild/mtest.py b/mesonbuild/mtest.py
index aca4e23b4..18760eb51 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/mtest.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/mtest.py
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ def test_slice(arg: str) -> T.Tuple[int, int]:
 # Note: when adding arguments, please also add them to the completion
 # scripts in $MESONSRC/data/shell-completions/
 def add_arguments(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser) -> None:
-    parser.add_argument('--maxfail', default=0, type=int,
+    parser.add_argument('-k', '--maxfail', default=0, type=int,
                         help='Number of failing tests before aborting the '
                         'test run. (default: 0, to disable aborting on failure)')
     parser.add_argument('--repeat', default=1, dest='repeat', type=int,