.stowrc can be obtained from $HOME and/or the current working
directory; however only the $HOME case was tested before, because
during tests Stow was being run from $HOME.
So switch $TEST_DIR to an absolute path, create a new run_from/
subdirectory, and chdir to that before invoking any Stow code. This
allows us to test the behaviour of .stowrc in $HOME and run_from/
separately.
Add a new expand_tilde() function that performs tilde expansion of
strings, and corresponding unit tests:
* A ~ at the beginning of a path is expanded to the user's home
directory.
* Literal '~' can be provided with '\~'
Combine this with expand_environment() in a new expand_filepath()
function which applies all (both) required expansion functions to a
string, and use that in get_config_file_options() to expand .stowrc
options.
Add more tests to check that tilde expanded in correct places, i.e.:
* expanded for --target and --dir
* not expanded for --ignore, --defer, or --override
Update documentation on stowrc files according to this functionality
change.
Fixes#14: https://github.com/aspiers/stow/issues/14
Expand environment variables used in stowrc, as requested in
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?41826
This is achieved by creating a new function expand_environment() that
replaces any substring of the form '$VAR' or '${VAR}' with contents of
environment variable $VAR. Literal '$' can be given by '\$'.
N.B. The function is only applied to the --target and --dir options,
and only for options specified in .stowrc; cli options are left
untouched.
Undefined variables are expanded to the empty string, as they would be
in normal shell parameter expansion.
Unit tests added accordingly:
- Test expand_environment():
* Expand $HOME
* Expand ${HOME}
* Expand ${WITH SPACE}
* Expand '\$HOME'. Expected is '$HOME'
* Expand ${UNDEFINED}. Expected is ''.
- Test that it's applied to the correct options.
- Test that CLI options are not expanded.
Why:
* Want to add feature to stowrc parsing.
* Missing regression test for conflicting cli and stowrc options.
This change addresses the need by:
* Add missing regression tests to rc_options.t
* Two types of tests for the two types of options possible.
* For scalar options such as --target, cli arguments should overwrite
stowrc arguments.
* For options that result in a list, such as --ignore, the arguments
from cli and stowrc files should be merged.
Why:
* Planning on developing a new feature for parsing of stowrc files.
* Need a test harness that performs initialization and clean up
* Initialization: Create directory structure that allows creation of
stowrc files without worrying about squashing existing files.
* Clean up: Remove all files created during testing.
This change addresses the need by:
* Add intialization and cleanup harness in t/rc_options.t
* Define the location to write stowrc files to in $RC_FILE
* Ensures that location $RC_FILE does not already exist.
* Calls the init_test_dirs to bootstrap directory tree.
* After all tests are run, removes $RC_FILE and the testing
directory tree.
* Add basic test of stowrc parsing to t/rc_options.t
* Provides a template of how to create and test a stowrc file.
* Newly created t/rc_options.t file added to MANIFEST
