nushell/crates/nu-utils/standard_library
Antoine Stevan 332f1192a6
stdlib: optimize test search and add better errors (#8626)
the first part of this PR comes from a request from @presidento in
#8525.
the second one is an improvement of the error support.

# Description
this PR
- computes `module_search_pattern` to only `ls` the selected modules =>
the goal is to save search time in the future with more tests
- gives better errors when
  - the `--path` is invalid
  - the `--module` does not exist
  - the search is too strict

### examples
```bash
>_ nu crates/nu-utils/standard_library/tests.nu --path does-not-exist
Error: 
  × directory_not_found
   ╭─[<commandline>:1:1]
 1 │ main --path does-not-exist
   ·             ───────┬──────
   ·                    ╰── no such directory
   ╰────
```

```bash
>_ nu crates/nu-utils/standard_library/tests.nu --module does-not-exist
Error: 
  × module_not_found
   ╭─[<commandline>:1:1]
 1 │ main --module does-not-exist
   ·               ───────┬──────
   ·                      ╰── no such module in /home/amtoine/.local/share/git/store/github.com/amtoine/nushell/crates/nu-utils/standard_library/
   ╰────
```

```bash
>_ nu crates/nu-utils/standard_library/tests.nu --command does_not_exist
Error: 
  × no test to run
```

instead of the previous

```bash
>_ nu crates/nu-utils/standard_library/tests.nu --path does-not-exist
Error: 
  × No matches found for /home/amtoine/.local/share/git/store/github.com/amtoine/nushell/does-not-exist/test_*.nu
    ╭─[/home/amtoine/.local/share/git/store/github.com/amtoine/nushell/crates/nu-utils/standard_library/tests.nu:32:1]
 32 │     let tests = (
 33 │         ls ($path | default $env.FILE_PWD | path join "test_*.nu")
    ·            ───────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────
    ·                                       ╰── Pattern, file or folder not found
 34 │         | each {|row| {file: $row.name name: ($row.name | path parse | get stem)}}
    ╰────
  help: no matches found
```

```bash
>_ nu crates/nu-utils/standard_library/tests.nu --module does-not-exist
Error: 
  × expected table from pipeline
    ╭─[/home/amtoine/.local/share/git/store/github.com/amtoine/nushell/crates/nu-utils/standard_library/tests.nu:59:1]
 59 │         $tests_to_run
 60 │         | group-by module
    ·           ────┬───
    ·               ╰── requires a table input
 61 │         | transpose name tests
    ╰────
```

```bash
>_ nu crates/nu-utils/standard_library/tests.nu --command does-not-exist
Error: 
  × expected table from pipeline
    ╭─[/home/amtoine/.local/share/git/store/github.com/amtoine/nushell/crates/nu-utils/standard_library/tests.nu:59:1]
 59 │         $tests_to_run
 60 │         | group-by module
    ·           ────┬───
    ·               ╰── requires a table input
 61 │         | transpose name tests
    ╰────
```

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2023-03-26 08:09:26 -05:00
..
README.md standard library: fix the readme (#8526) 2023-03-20 17:05:49 +13:00
std.nu remove match from the standard library (#8625) 2023-03-26 10:57:41 +02:00
test_asserts.nu stdlib: Implement common assert commands (#8515) 2023-03-20 08:57:28 -05:00
test_dirs.nu make std.nu tests work on mac (#8576) 2023-03-23 07:08:01 -05:00
test_logger.nu tweak logging format (#8588) 2023-03-23 15:59:49 -05:00
test_std.nu remove match from the standard library (#8625) 2023-03-26 10:57:41 +02:00
tests.nu stdlib: optimize test search and add better errors (#8626) 2023-03-26 08:09:26 -05:00

Welcome to the standard library of `nushell`!

The standard library is a pure-nushell collection of commands to allow anyone to build complex applications using standardized tools gathered incrementally.

In this library, you might find rust-like assert commands to write tests, tools to manipulate paths and strings, etc, etc, ...

🧰 use the standard library in the REPL or in scripts

in order to "import" the standard library to either the interactive REPL of nushell or inside some .nu script, you might want to use the use command!

use /path/to/standard_library/std.nu

🔍 a concrete example

  • my name is @amtoine and i use the ghq tool to manage git projects

Note


ghq stores any repository inside $env.GHQ_ROOT under <host>/<owner>/<repo>/

  • the path to my local fork of nushell is then defined as
let-env NUSHELL_REPO = ($env.GHQ_ROOT | path join "github.com" "amtoine" "nushell")
  • and the full path to the standard library is defined as
let-env STD_LIB = ($env.NUSHELL_REPO | path join "crates" "nu-utils" "standard_library")

see the content of $env.STD_LIB 😋

>_ ls $env.STD_LIB | get name | str replace $env.STD_LIB "" | str trim -l -c "/"
╭───┬───────────╮
│ 0 │ README.md │
│ 1 │ std.nu    │
│ 2 │ tests.nu  │
╰───┴───────────╯
  • finally we can use the standard library and have access to the commands it exposes 👍
>_ use std.nu
>_ help std
Module: std

Exported commands:
  assert (std assert), assert eq (std assert eq), assert ne (std assert ne), match (std match)

This module does not export environment.

✏️ contribute to the standard library

  • all the commands of the standard_library are located in std.nu
  • the tests are located in files that have a name starting with "test_", e.g. test_std.nu
  • a test runner, at tests.nu, allows to run all the tests automatically

🔧 add new commands

  • add new standard commands by appending to std.nu
  • add associated tests to test_std.nu or preferably to test_<submodule>.nu.
    • define a new exported (!) test_<feature> command
    • import the assert functions you need at the top of the functions, e.g. use std.nu "assert eq"

🧪 run the tests

the following call should return no errors

NU_LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG nu /path/to/standard_library/tests.nu

🔍 a concrete example

with STD_LIB defined as in the example above

NU_LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG nu ($env.STD_LIB | path join "tests.nu")