tests/heredoctest.py

test-check-code: prevent files being added to the root directory

Adding new files in the root directory is probably a mistake, and is usually
discouraged [1]. The test catches it to avoid mistakes like [2].

Modify the test if files need to be added in the root.

[1]: https://www.mercurial-scm.org/pipermail/mercurial-devel/2016-July/086442.html
[2]: https://www.mercurial-scm.org/pipermail/mercurial-devel/2017-March/095836.html

from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function

import sys

globalvars = {}
lines = sys.stdin.readlines()
while lines:
    l = lines.pop(0)
    if l.startswith('SALT'):
        print(l[:-1])
    elif l.startswith('>>> '):
        snippet = l[4:]
        while lines and lines[0].startswith('... '):
            l = lines.pop(0)
            snippet += l[4:]
        c = compile(snippet, '<heredoc>', 'single')
        try:
            exec(c, globalvars)
        except Exception as inst:
            print(repr(inst))