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date Tue, 14 Jun 2005 13:28:42 -0800
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1 A simple testing framework
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3 This finds all scripts in the test directory named test-* and executes
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4 them. The scripts can be either shell scripts or Python. Each test is
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5 run in a temporary directory that is removed when the test is complete.
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7 A test-<x> succeeds if the script returns success and its output
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8 matches test-<x>.out. If the new output doesn't match, it is stored in
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9 test-<x>.err.
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11 There are some tricky points here that you should be aware of when
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12 writing tests:
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14 - hg commit and hg up -m want user interaction
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16 for commit use -t "text"
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17 for hg up -m, set HGMERGE to something noninteractive (like true or merge)
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19 - changeset hashes will change based on user and date which make
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22 use commit -t "test" -u test -d "0 0"
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24 - diff will show the current time
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26 use hg diff | sed "s/\(\(---\|+++\).*\)\t.*/\1/" to strip dates
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