Merge pull request 'Add better helper functions' (#6) from better-helper-functions into main

Reviewed-on: https://codeberg.org/svenvanheugten/git-check-assertions/pulls/6
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Sven van Heugten 2026-03-03 21:15:02 +01:00
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@ -50,6 +50,29 @@ If you use Nix with flakes, you can simply add it to your program's devshell ins
) )
``` ```
## What do you put in your commit messages?
Simply add a bash script enclosed in a `git-check-assertions` block to a commit message, e.g.:
~~~
```git-check-assertions
dotnet build
dotnet test --no-build
```
~~~
This script will be run with `set -euo pipefail`, and the commit will be considered correct if the script exits succesfully.
You can technically assert that a command fails by writing `! ... || exit 1`, or write assertions about a command's output by piping it to `grep`, but doing so won't lead to very useful error messages when things go wrong. To make those things easier, there are some helper functions included, which are inspired by [bats](https://github.com/bats-core/bats-core) and [bats-assert](https://github.com/bats-core/bats-assert):
* `run <command>`: run a command, capturing its exit status in `status` and combined stdout/stderr in `output`.
* `assert_success`: succeed if `run` produced a zero exit status.
* `assert_failure`: succeed if `run` produced a non-zero exit status.
* `assert_output <string>`: succeed if `output` exactly matches the string.
* `assert_output --partial <string>`: succeed if `output` contains the string.
I'm considering taking `bats-assert` as a dependency, but for now, this very minimal set of functions with a similar interface should get you on your way.
## Examples of commit messages ## Examples of commit messages
Assert that a commit builds: Assert that a commit builds:
@ -65,16 +88,18 @@ Assert that a commit builds and that the tests succeed:
~~~ ~~~
```git-check-assertions ```git-check-assertions
dotnet build dotnet build
dotnet test --no-build run dotnet test --no-build
assert_success
``` ```
~~~ ~~~
Assert that a commit builds, but that the tests do not succeed (`assert_fails` is a helper function included in `git-check-assertions`): Assert that a commit builds, but that the tests do not succeed:
~~~ ~~~
```git-check-assertions ```git-check-assertions
dotnet build dotnet build
assert_fails dotnet test --no-build run dotnet test --no-build
assert_failure
``` ```
~~~ ~~~
@ -83,7 +108,9 @@ Assert that a commit builds, and that the tests fail with exactly the error that
~~~ ~~~
```git-check-assertions ```git-check-assertions
dotnet build dotnet build
(assert_fails dotnet test --no-build) | grep "Invalid URL" run dotnet test --no-build
assert_failure
assert_output --partial "Invalid URL"
``` ```
~~~ ~~~
@ -94,6 +121,7 @@ Assert that a commit builds, and that a specific change breaks the tests (as dis
dotnet test dotnet test
sed -i '/crucial code/d' Main.fs sed -i '/crucial code/d' Main.fs
dotnet build dotnet build
assert_fails dotnet test --no-build run dotnet test --no-build
assert_failure
``` ```
~~~ ~~~

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@ -24,14 +24,45 @@
set -euo pipefail set -euo pipefail
assert_fails() { # helper functions inspired by bats/bats-assert
! "$@" || { run() {
set +e
output="$("$@" 2>&1)"
status=$?
set -e
return 0
}
assert_success() {
if [ "$status" -ne 0 ]; then
echo "Expected command to succeed, but it failed."
exit 1
fi
}
assert_failure() {
if [ "$status" -eq 0 ]; then
echo "Expected command to fail, but it succeeded." echo "Expected command to fail, but it succeeded."
exit 1 exit 1
} fi
} }
export -f assert_fails assert_output() {
if [ "${1:-}" = "--partial" ]; then
local expected="$2"
if [[ "$output" != *"$expected"* ]]; then
echo "Expected output to contain: $expected"
echo "Actual output: $output"
exit 1
fi
return 0
fi
if [ "$output" != "$1" ]; then
echo "Expected output to equal: $1"
echo "Actual output: $output"
exit 1
fi
}
export -f run assert_success assert_failure assert_output
# main flow
orig_ref="$(git symbolic-ref --quiet --short HEAD || git rev-parse HEAD)" orig_ref="$(git symbolic-ref --quiet --short HEAD || git rev-parse HEAD)"
base="$(git merge-base main HEAD)" base="$(git merge-base main HEAD)"
mapfile -t commits < <(git rev-list --reverse "${base}..HEAD") mapfile -t commits < <(git rev-list --reverse "${base}..HEAD")

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@ -112,3 +112,90 @@ commit_with_assertion() {
assert_success assert_success
} }
@test "assert_success should succeed if the executed command succeeded" {
git checkout -b feature
commit_with_assertion $'run exit 0\nassert_success'
run git-check-assertions
assert_success
}
@test "assert_success should fail if the executed command failed" {
git checkout -b feature
commit_with_assertion $'run exit 1\nassert_success'
run git-check-assertions
assert_failure
assert_output --partial "Expected command to succeed, but it failed."
}
@test "assert_failure should succeed if the executed command failed" {
git checkout -b feature
commit_with_assertion $'run exit 1\nassert_failure'
run git-check-assertions
assert_success
}
@test "assert_failure should fail if the executed command succeeded" {
git checkout -b feature
commit_with_assertion $'run exit 0\nassert_failure'
run git-check-assertions
assert_failure
assert_output --partial "Expected command to fail, but it succeeded."
}
@test "assert_output should succeed if the output matches the given string" {
git checkout -b feature
commit_with_assertion $'run echo hello\nassert_output hello'
run git-check-assertions
assert_success
}
@test "assert_output should fail if the output does not match the given string" {
git checkout -b feature
commit_with_assertion $'run echo hello\nassert_output goodbye'
run git-check-assertions
assert_failure
assert_output --partial "Expected output to equal: goodbye"
assert_output --partial "Actual output: hello"
}
@test "assert_output should also check stderr output" {
git checkout -b feature
commit_with_assertion $'run sh -c "echo err 1>&2"\nassert_output err'
run git-check-assertions
assert_success
}
@test "assert_output --partial should succeed if output contains the given string" {
git checkout -b feature
commit_with_assertion $'run echo hello\nassert_output --partial ell'
run git-check-assertions
assert_success
}
@test "assert_output --partial should fail if output does not contain the given string" {
git checkout -b feature
commit_with_assertion $'run echo hello\nassert_output --partial xyz'
run git-check-assertions
assert_failure
assert_output --partial "Expected output to contain: xyz"
assert_output --partial "Actual output: hello"
}