Function generateTestscript

testscripts/testrunner/examplesrunner.go:145–172

generateTestscript will create a temp-directory and place the generic testscript file (.test.txt) for all devbox-projects in the dir. It returns the directory containing the testscript file.

(t *testing.T, dir, projectDir string)

// testscript file (.test.txt) for all devbox-projects in the dir.
// It returns the directory containing the testscript file.
func generateTestscript(t *testing.T, dir, projectDir string) (string, error) {
	testPath, err := filepath.Rel(dir, projectDir)
	if err != nil {
		return "", errors.WithStack(err)
	}

	// scriptName is the generic script file used for all devbox projects
	const scriptName = "run_test.test.txt"

	// scriptNameForProject prefixes the project's path (with underscores) to the scriptName
	// so that the golang testing.T provides nice readable names for the test run
	// for each Example devbox-project.
	scriptNameForProject := fmt.Sprintf(
		"%s_%s",
		strings.ReplaceAll(testPath, "/", "_"),
		scriptName,
	)

	// create a temp-dir to place the testscript file
	testscriptDir := t.TempDir()

	// Copy the testscript file to the temp-dir
	runTestScriptPath := filepath.Join("testrunner", scriptName)
	slog.Debug("copying run_test.test.txt from %s to %s\n", runTestScriptPath, testscriptDir)
	// Using os's cp command for expediency.
	err = exec.Command("cp", runTestScriptPath, testscriptDir+"/"+scriptNameForProject).Run()
	return testscriptDir, errors.WithStack(err)
}