functional2: use `test-home` for `files` #848

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opened 2025-06-08 18:49:13 +00:00 by commentatorforall · 1 comment

commentatorforall commented

2025-06-08 18:49:13 +00:00

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Currently, the files fixture creates files directly within the tmp_path directory.
parallel to that, the functional test-suit moves files to the tmp_path/test-home directory.
Both test-suits set the HOME environment variable to tmp_path/test-home.

This discrepancy may result in flakyness, difficult to debug failures and other inconsistencies when migrating tests from the functional test-suit

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make the files fixture automatically create and use the test-home folder and also return said path instead of the current tmp_path propagation.

## Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. Currently, the `files` fixture creates files directly within the `tmp_path` directory. parallel to that, the `functional` test-suit moves files to the `tmp_path/test-home` directory. Both test-suits set the `HOME` environment variable to `tmp_path/test-home`. This discrepancy may result in flakyness, difficult to debug failures and other inconsistencies when migrating tests from the `functional` test-suit ## Describe the solution you'd like make the `files` fixture automatically create and use the `test-home` folder and also return said path instead of the current `tmp_path` propagation.

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lix-bot commented

2025-06-16 15:25:25 +00:00

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This issue was mentioned on Gerrit on the following CLs:

commit message in cl/3333 ("tests/functional2: Make Command Environment actually declarative")

This issue was mentioned on Gerrit on the following CLs: * commit message in [cl/3333](https://gerrit.lix.systems/c/lix/+/3333) ("tests/functional2: Make Command Environment actually declarative")