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testing fixups

Add note about running tests to README
Fix issue with pipelines and set -x output stability
Add note about stability issue to README

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fish-merge Add some tests to the repo 2005-05-04 22:57:51 -08:00
README testing fixups 2005-06-14 13:44:37 -08:00
run-tests Add a simple testing framework 2005-06-14 13:28:42 -08:00
test-basic Add a simple testing framework 2005-06-14 13:28:42 -08:00
test-basic.out Add a simple testing framework 2005-06-14 13:28:42 -08:00
test-help Add a simple testing framework 2005-06-14 13:28:42 -08:00
test-help.out Add a simple testing framework 2005-06-14 13:28:42 -08:00
test-simple-update Add a simple testing framework 2005-06-14 13:28:42 -08:00
test-simple-update.out Add a simple testing framework 2005-06-14 13:28:42 -08:00
test-up-local-change testing fixups 2005-06-14 13:44:37 -08:00
test-up-local-change.out Add a simple testing framework 2005-06-14 13:28:42 -08:00

A simple testing framework

To run the tests, do:

cd tests/
./run-tests

This finds all scripts in the test directory named test-* and executes
them. The scripts can be either shell scripts or Python. Each test is
run in a temporary directory that is removed when the test is complete.

A test-<x> succeeds if the script returns success and its output
matches test-<x>.out. If the new output doesn't match, it is stored in
test-<x>.err.

There are some tricky points here that you should be aware of when
writing tests:

- hg commit and hg up -m want user interaction

  for commit use -t "text"
  for hg up -m, set HGMERGE to something noninteractive (like true or merge)

- changeset hashes will change based on user and date which make
  things like hg history output change

  use commit -t "test" -u test -d "0 0"

- diff will show the current time

  use hg diff | sed "s/\(\(---\|+++\).*\)\t.*/\1/" to strip dates

- set -x and pipelines don't generate stable output

  turn off set -x or break pipelines into pieces