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test/README: Document add_email_corpus (and add_message/generate_message)
While adding the documentation here for add_email_corpus I noticed that the other email-adding functions in test-lib.sh were not yet documented here, so add all of that documentation.
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- If the script is invoked with command line argument --help
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- If the script is invoked with command line argument --help
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(or -h), it shows the test_description and exits.
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(or -h), it shows the test_description and exits.
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- Creates a temporary directory with default notmuch-config and empty
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- Creates a temporary directory with default notmuch-config and a
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mail store. This directory is 'test/tmp.<test-basename>'. The path
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mail store with a corpus of mail, (initially, 50 early messages
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to notmuch-config is exported in NOTMUCH_CONFIG environment
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sent to the notmuch list). This directory is
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variable and mail store path is stored in MAIL_DIR variable.
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test/tmp.<test-basename>. The path to notmuch-config is exported in
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NOTMUCH_CONFIG environment variable and mail store path is stored
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in MAIL_DIR variable.
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- Defines standard test helper functions for your scripts to
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- Defines standard test helper functions for your scripts to
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use. These functions are designed to make all scripts behave
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use. These functions are designed to make all scripts behave
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There are a handful helper functions defined in the test harness
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There are a handful helper functions defined in the test harness
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library for your script to use.
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library for your script to use.
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- test_expect_success <message> <script>
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test_expect_success <message> <script>
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This takes two strings as parameter, and evaluates the
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This takes two strings as parameter, and evaluates the
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<script>. If it yields success, test is considered
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<script>. If it yields success, test is considered
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successful. <message> should state what it is testing.
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successful. <message> should state what it is testing.
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- test_expect_failure <message> <script>
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test_expect_failure <message> <script>
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This is NOT the opposite of test_expect_success, but is used
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This is NOT the opposite of test_expect_success, but is used
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to mark a test that demonstrates a known breakage. Unlike
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to mark a test that demonstrates a known breakage. Unlike
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success and "still broken" on failure. Failures from these
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success and "still broken" on failure. Failures from these
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tests won't cause -i (immediate) to stop.
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tests won't cause -i (immediate) to stop.
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- test_begin_subtest <message>
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test_begin_subtest <message>
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Set the test description message for a subsequent test_expect_equal
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Set the test description message for a subsequent test_expect_equal
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invocation (see below).
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invocation (see below).
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- test_expect_equal <output> <expected>
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test_expect_equal <output> <expected>
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This is an often-used convenience function built on top of
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This is an often-used convenience function built on top of
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test_expect_success. It uses the message from the last
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test_expect_success. It uses the message from the last
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will generate a failure and print the difference of the two
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will generate a failure and print the difference of the two
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strings.
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strings.
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- test_debug <script>
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test_debug <script>
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This takes a single argument, <script>, and evaluates it only
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This takes a single argument, <script>, and evaluates it only
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when the test script is started with --debug command line
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when the test script is started with --debug command line
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argument. This is primarily meant for use during the
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argument. This is primarily meant for use during the
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development of a new test script.
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development of a new test script.
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- test_done
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test_done
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Your test script must have test_done at the end. Its purpose
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Your test script must have test_done at the end. Its purpose
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is to summarize successes and failures in the test script and
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is to summarize successes and failures in the test script and
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exit with an appropriate error code.
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exit with an appropriate error code.
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There are also a number of mail-specific functions which are useful in
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writing tests:
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generate_message
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Generates a message with an optional template. Most tests will
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actually prefere to call add_message. See below.
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add_message
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Generate a message and add it to the database (by calling "notmuch
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new"). It is sufficient to simply call add_message with no
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arguments if you don't care about the content of the message. If
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more control is needed, arguments can be provide to specify many
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different header values for the new message. See the documentation
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within test-lib.sh or refer to many example calls within existing
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tests.
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add_email_corpus
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This function should be called at the beginning of a test file
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when a test needs to operate on a non-empty body of messages. It
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will intialize the mail database to a known state of 50 sample
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messages, (culled from the early history of the notmuch mailing
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list).
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