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[PATCHv3 13/13] t: add test harness for external credential helpers

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Dec 10, 2011, 10:35 UTC
Message-ID
<20111210103554.GM16529@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<20111210102827.GA16460@sigill.intra.peff.net>

We already have tests for the internal helpers, but it's nice to give authors of external tools an easy way to sanity-check their helpers.

If you have written the "git-credential-foo" helper, you can do so with:

  GIT_TEST_CREDENTIAL_HELPER=foo \
  make t0303-credential-external.sh

This assumes that your helper is capable of both storing and retrieving credentials (some helpers may be read-only, and they will fail these tests).

If your helper supports time-based expiration with a configurable timeout, you can test that feature like this:

  GIT_TEST_CREDENTIAL_HELPER_TIMEOUT="foo --timeout=1" \
  make t0303-credential-external.sh
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
---
This version adds GIT_TEST_CREDENTIAL_HELPER_SETUP, which is an
unfortunate hack needed for the OS X helper (I'll post that patch in a
few minutes).
 t/t0303-credential-external.sh |   39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100755 t/t0303-credential-external.sh
diff --git a/t/t0303-credential-external.sh b/t/t0303-credential-external.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..267f4c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t0303-credential-external.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='external credential helper tests'
+. ./test-lib.sh
+. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/lib-credential.sh
+
+pre_test() {
+	test -z "$GIT_TEST_CREDENTIAL_HELPER_SETUP" ||
+	eval "$GIT_TEST_CREDENTIAL_HELPER_SETUP"
+
+	# clean before the test in case there is cruft left
+	# over from a previous run that would impact results
+	helper_test_clean "$GIT_TEST_CREDENTIAL_HELPER"
+}
+
+post_test() {
+	# clean afterwards so that we are good citizens
+	# and don't leave cruft in the helper's storage, which
+	# might be long-term system storage
+	helper_test_clean "$GIT_TEST_CREDENTIAL_HELPER"
+}
+
+if test -z "$GIT_TEST_CREDENTIAL_HELPER"; then
+	say "# skipping external helper tests (set GIT_TEST_CREDENTIAL_HELPER)"
+else
+	pre_test
+	helper_test "$GIT_TEST_CREDENTIAL_HELPER"
+	post_test
+fi
+
+if test -z "$GIT_TEST_CREDENTIAL_HELPER_TIMEOUT"; then
+	say "# skipping external helper timeout tests"
+else
+	pre_test
+	helper_test_timeout "$GIT_TEST_CREDENTIAL_HELPER_TIMEOUT"
+	post_test
+fi
+
+test_done
-- 
1.7.8.rc2.40.gaf387
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  1. Jeff KingDec 10, 2011
  2. 01/13 test-lib: add test_config_global variantJeff King, Dec 10, 2011
  3. 02/13 t5550: fix typoJeff King, Dec 10, 2011
  4. 03/13 introduce credentials APIJeff King, Dec 10, 2011
  5. Jakub NarebskiDec 10, 2011
  6. Jeff KingDec 10, 2011
  7. 04/13 credential: add function for parsing url componentsJeff King, Dec 10, 2011
  8. 05/13 http: use credential API to get passwordsJeff King, Dec 10, 2011
  9. 06/13 credential: apply helper configJeff King, Dec 10, 2011
  10. 07/13 credential: add credential.*.usernameJeff King, Dec 10, 2011
  11. 08/13 credential: make relevance of http path configurableJeff King, Dec 10, 2011
  12. Jakub NarebskiDec 10, 2011
  13. Jeff KingDec 10, 2011
  14. 09/13 docs: end-user documentation for the credential subsystemJeff King, Dec 10, 2011
  15. 10/13 credentials: add "cache" helperJeff King, Dec 10, 2011
  16. Jonathan NiederJan 10, 2012
  17. Jeff KingJan 10, 2012
  18. Jeff KingJan 10, 2012
  19. Junio C HamanoJan 10, 2012
  20. Jeff KingJan 17, 2012
  21. Junio C HamanoJan 17, 2012
  22. Jonathan NiederJan 10, 2012
  23. Jeff KingJan 10, 2012
  24. Jonathan NiederJan 11, 2012
  25. Jeff KingJan 12, 2012
  26. 11/13 strbuf: add strbuf_add*_urlencodeJeff King, Dec 10, 2011
  27. Jakub NarebskiDec 10, 2011
  28. Jeff KingDec 10, 2011
  29. 12/13 credentials: add "store" helperJeff King, Dec 10, 2011
  30. 13/13 t: add test harness for external credential helpersJeff King, Dec 10, 2011
  31. 0/9 echo characters in username promptJeff King, Dec 10, 2011
  32. 1/9 imap-send: avoid buffer overflowJeff King, Dec 10, 2011
  33. 2/9 imap-send: don't check return value of git_getpassJeff King, Dec 10, 2011
  34. 3/9 move git_getpass to its own source fileJeff King, Dec 10, 2011
  35. 4/9 refactor git_getpass into generic prompt functionJeff King, Dec 10, 2011
  36. 5/9 add generic terminal prompt functionJeff King, Dec 10, 2011
  37. Pete WyckoffDec 15, 2011
  38. Jeff KingDec 15, 2011
  39. Pete WyckoffDec 15, 2011
  40. 6/9 prompt: use git_terminal_promptJeff King, Dec 10, 2011
  41. 7/9 credential: use git_prompt instead of git_getpassJeff King, Dec 10, 2011
  42. 8/9 Makefile: linux has /dev/ttyJeff King, Dec 10, 2011
  43. 9/9 Makefile: OS X has /dev/ttyJeff King, Dec 10, 2011
  44. 1/2 Makefile: Windows lacks /dev/ttyJohannes Sixt, Dec 12, 2011
  45. 2/2 Makefile: optionally exclude code that needs Unix socketsJohannes Sixt, Dec 12, 2011
  46. Jeff KingDec 12, 2011
  47. Junio C HamanoDec 12, 2011
  48. Junio C HamanoDec 13, 2011
  49. Jeff KingDec 13, 2011
  50. Johannes SixtDec 13, 2011
  51. Junio C HamanoDec 14, 2011
  52. Jeff KingDec 12, 2011
  53. Johannes SixtDec 12, 2011
  54. 1/1 contrib: add credential helper for OS X KeychainJeff King, Dec 10, 2011

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