From ceac6023257c5ac8e1474d935c900f59a18467b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sven van Heugten <sven@memcmp.org>
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2026 19:50:57 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Rewrite the tests to use a real diff

---
 default.nix              |  2 ++
 flake.nix                |  1 +
 test/mechanicaldiff.bats | 41 +++++++++++-----------------------------
 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index b5f2646..05e31a2 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   stdenv,
   lib,
   bats,
+  gitMinimal,
   python3,
   python3Packages,
   shellcheck-minimal,
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       p.bats-support
       p.bats-file
     ]))
+    gitMinimal
     python3Packages.flake8
     shellcheck-minimal
     shfmt
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index e386431..814e62e 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
               p.bats-support
               p.bats-file
             ]))
+            pkgs.gitMinimal
             pkgs.python3
             pkgs.python3Packages.flake8
             pkgs.shellcheck
diff --git a/test/mechanicaldiff.bats b/test/mechanicaldiff.bats
index c415c7d..8f26fa4 100755
--- a/test/mechanicaldiff.bats
+++ b/test/mechanicaldiff.bats
@@ -11,40 +11,21 @@ setup() {
 }
 
 @test "keeps hunk when replacement matches" {
-  run bash -c 'cat <<"EOF" | mechanicaldiff.py foo bar
-diff --git a/file.txt b/file.txt
-index 1111111..2222222 100644
---- a/file.txt
-+++ b/file.txt
-@@ -1,1 +1,1 @@
--foo
-+bar
-EOF'
+  printf "%s\n" "foo" >"$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/old"
+  printf "%s\n" "bar" >"$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/new"
+  diff_output="$(git diff --no-index "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/old" \
+    "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/new" || true)"
+  run mechanicaldiff.py foo bar <<<"$diff_output"
   assert_success
-  expected="$(
-    cat <<'EOF'
-diff --git a/file.txt b/file.txt
-index 1111111..2222222 100644
---- a/file.txt
-+++ b/file.txt
-@@ -1,1 +1,1 @@
--foo
-+bar
-EOF
-  )"
-  assert_output "$expected"
+  assert_output "$diff_output"
 }
 
 @test "drops diff when replacement does not match" {
-  run bash -c 'cat <<"EOF" | mechanicaldiff.py foo bar
-diff --git a/file.txt b/file.txt
-index 1111111..2222222 100644
---- a/file.txt
-+++ b/file.txt
-@@ -1,1 +1,1 @@
--foo
-+baz
-EOF'
+  printf "%s\n" "foo" >"$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/old"
+  printf "%s\n" "baz" >"$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/new"
+  git diff --no-index "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/old" "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/new" \
+    >"$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/diff" || true
+  run mechanicaldiff.py foo bar <"$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/diff"
   assert_success
   assert_output ""
 }