Many thanks for this Paul - this is exactly what I was looking for. Cheers, Tom
On Fri, 10 Jan 2020 at 09:55, Paul Jolly <p...@myitcv.io> wrote: > Hi Tom, > > > tl;dr Are there any existing end-to-end testing libraries for CLI > applications? Specifically, what I'm looking for is a library that makes it > easy to test that "running this command should produce this output" without > fear that a buggy application could corrupt the filesystem. > > I'd suggest looking at: > > * https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal/testscript?tab=doc > for the CLI testing aspect > * https://pkg.go.dev/mvdan.cc/dockexec?tab=overview for the isolation > piece > > There are lots of examples of where testscript is being used: > https://github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal/wiki/Users-of-testscript > > govim is one such an example where we also provide an example of how > to run those tests via dockexec: > > https://github.com/govim/govim/wiki/govim-tests#running-tests---using-cmdgo > > In our case it's not so much for isolation, rather providing dependencies. > > The #tools channel on slack (or mailing list > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/golang-tools) is also a good > place to chat about this more in case you had any follow-ups. > > Best, > > > Paul > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/CAHY_QbRQBKe8GGo-FDbxnha40aNX6tt7Ly4aRooSS2BM-kdUzQ%40mail.gmail.com.
