gitwatch/tests/status-change.bats

#!/usr/bin/env bats

# This is a testscript using the bats testing framework:
# https://github.com/sstephenson/bats
# To run it, at a command prompt:
# bats testscript.bats

load startup-shutdown

@test "commit only when git status change" {

    # Start up gitwatch and capture its output
    ${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/../gitwatch.sh "$testdir/local/remote" > "$testdir/output.txt" 3>&- &
    GITWATCH_PID=$!

    # Keeps kill message from printing to screen
    disown

    # Create a file, verify that it hasn't been added yet, then commit
    cd remote

    # According to inotify documentation, a race condition results if you write
    # to directory too soon after it has been created; hence, a short wait.
    sleep 1
    echo "line1" >> file1.txt

    # Wait a bit for inotify to figure out the file has changed, and do its add,
    # and commit
    sleep $WAITTIME

    # Touch the file, but no change
    touch file1.txt
    sleep $WAITTIME

    run bash -c "grep \"nothing to commit\" \"$testdir/output.txt\" | wc -l"
    [[ $output == "0" ]]
    
}