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Delete the shell version of run-tests Use the python version instead
author Stephen Darnell <stephen@darnell.plus.com>
date Thu, 04 May 2006 15:47:18 -0700
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1 A simple testing framework
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3 To run the tests, do:
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5 cd tests/
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6 python run-tests.py
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8 This finds all scripts in the test directory named test-* and executes
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9 them. The scripts can be either shell scripts or Python. Each test is
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10 run in a temporary directory that is removed when the test is complete.
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12 A test-<x> succeeds if the script returns success and its output
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13 matches test-<x>.out. If the new output doesn't match, it is stored in
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14 test-<x>.err.
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16 There are some tricky points here that you should be aware of when
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17 writing tests:
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19 - hg commit and hg up -m want user interaction
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21 for commit use -m "text"
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22 for hg up -m, set HGMERGE to something noninteractive (like true or merge)
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24 - changeset hashes will change based on user and date which make
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25 things like hg history output change
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27 use commit -m "test" -u test -d "1000000 0"
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31 use hg diff | sed "s/\(\(---\|+++\) [a-zA-Z0-9_/.-]*\).*/\1/" to strip
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