Simplify virtualenv testing (#10035)

Co-authored-by: Stefan Holderbach <sholderbach@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Antoine Stevan <44101798+amtoine@users.noreply.github.com>

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -115,21 +115,12 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: "3.10"
 
-      - run: python -m pip install tox
-
       - name: Install virtualenv
-        run: git clone https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv.git
+        run: pip install virtualenv
         shell: bash
 
       - name: Test Nushell in virtualenv
-        run: |
+        run: nu scripts/test_virtualenv.nu
-          cd virtualenv
-          # if we encounter problems with bleeding edge tests pin to the latest tag
-          # git checkout $(git describe --tags | cut -d - -f 1)
-          # We need to disable failing on coverage levels.
-          nu -c "open pyproject.toml | upsert tool.coverage.report.fail_under 1 | save patchproject.toml"
-          mv patchproject.toml pyproject.toml
-          tox -e ${{ matrix.py }} -- -k nushell
         shell: bash
 
   plugins:

scripts/test_virtualenv.nu

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+if $nu.os-info.family == 'windows' {
+    # fix encoding on Windows https://stackoverflow.com/a/63573649
+    load-env {
+        PYTHONIOENCODING: utf-8
+        PYTHONLEGACYWINDOWSSTDIO: utf-8
+    }
+}
+
+let env_name = 'e-$ èрт🚒♞中片-j'
+
+let paths = if $nu.os-info.family == 'windows' {
+    ['Scripts', 'python.exe']
+} else {
+    ['bin', 'python']
+}
+
+let subdir = $paths.0
+let exe = $paths.1
+
+let test_lines = [
+    "python -c 'import sys; print(sys.executable)'"                                  # 1
+    "python -c 'import os; import sys; v = os.environ.get("VIRTUAL_ENV"); print(v)'" # 2
+    $"overlay use '([$env.PWD $env_name $subdir activate.nu] | path join)'"
+    "python -c 'import sys; print(sys.executable)'"                                  # 3
+    "python -c 'import os; import sys; v = os.environ.get("VIRTUAL_ENV"); print(v)'" # 4
+    "print $env.VIRTUAL_ENV_PROMPT"                                                  # 5
+    "deactivate"
+    "python -c 'import sys; print(sys.executable)'"                                  # 6
+    "python -c 'import os; import sys; v = os.environ.get("VIRTUAL_ENV"); print(v)'" # 7
+]
+
+def main [] {
+    let orig_python_interpreter = (python -c 'import sys; print(sys.executable)')
+
+    let expected = [
+        $orig_python_interpreter                           # 1
+        "None"                                             # 2
+        ([$env.PWD $env_name $subdir $exe] | path join)    # 3
+        ([$env.PWD $env_name] | path join)                 # 4
+        $env_name                                          # 5
+        $orig_python_interpreter                           # 6
+        "None"                                             # 7
+    ]
+
+    virtualenv $env_name
+
+    $test_lines | save script.nu
+    let out = (nu script.nu | lines)
+
+    let o = ($out | str trim | str join (char nl))
+    let e = ($expected | str trim | str join (char nl))
+    if $o != $e {
+        let msg = $"OUTPUT:\n($o)\n\nEXPECTED:\n($e)"
+        error make {msg: $"Output does not match the expected value:\n($msg)"}
+    }
+}