--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/tests/test-arbitraryfilectx.t Tue Oct 17 12:41:24 2017 -0700
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+Setup:
+ $ cat > eval.py <<EOF
+ > from __future__ import absolute_import
+ > import filecmp
+ > from mercurial import commands, context, registrar
+ > cmdtable = {}
+ > command = registrar.command(cmdtable)
+ > @command(b'eval', [], 'hg eval CMD')
+ > def eval_(ui, repo, *cmds, **opts):
+ > cmd = " ".join(cmds)
+ > res = str(eval(cmd, globals(), locals()))
+ > ui.warn("%s" % res)
+ > EOF
+
+ $ echo "[extensions]" >> $HGRCPATH
+ $ echo "eval=`pwd`/eval.py" >> $HGRCPATH
+
+Arbitraryfilectx.cmp does not follow symlinks:
+ $ mkdir case1
+ $ cd case1
+ $ hg init
+ $ printf "A" > real_A
+ $ printf "foo" > A
+ $ printf "foo" > B
+ $ ln -s A sym_A
+ $ hg add .
+ adding A
+ adding B
+ adding real_A
+ adding sym_A
+ $ hg commit -m "base"
+
+These files are different and should return True (different):
+(Note that filecmp.cmp's return semantics are inverted from ours, so we invert
+for simplicity):
+ $ hg eval "context.arbitraryfilectx('A', repo).cmp(repo[None]['real_A'])"
+ True (no-eol)
+ $ hg eval "not filecmp.cmp('A', 'real_A')"
+ True (no-eol)
+
+These files are identical and should return False (same):
+ $ hg eval "context.arbitraryfilectx('A', repo).cmp(repo[None]['A'])"
+ False (no-eol)
+ $ hg eval "context.arbitraryfilectx('A', repo).cmp(repo[None]['B'])"
+ False (no-eol)
+ $ hg eval "not filecmp.cmp('A', 'B')"
+ False (no-eol)
+
+This comparison should also return False, since A and sym_A are substantially
+the same in the eyes of ``filectx.cmp``, which looks at data only.
+ $ hg eval "context.arbitraryfilectx('real_A', repo).cmp(repo[None]['sym_A'])"
+ False (no-eol)
+
+A naive use of filecmp on those two would wrongly return True, since it follows
+the symlink to "A", which has different contents.
+ $ hg eval "not filecmp.cmp('real_A', 'sym_A')"
+ True (no-eol)