Re: [BuildStream] How to catch regressions in buildstream's interactive interface

[Jonathan Maw <jonathan maw codethink co uk>]

On 2018-10-20 14:08, Gökçen Nurlu wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Maybe we can find a way to make use of  `input=` kwarg of click's own
> `invoke()` method [0].
> `tests.testutils.runcli.Cli.run()` [1] can possibly be extended to
> accept such parameter and pass that to click object [2], somehow.
>
> [0] - https://click.palletsprojects.com/en/7.x/testing/#input-streams
> [1] -
> https://gitlab.com/BuildStream/buildstream/blob/master/tests/testutils/runcli.py#L238
> [2] -
> https://gitlab.com/BuildStream/buildstream/blob/master/tests/testutils/runcli.py#L313
>
> Additionally, I think extending test utils to introduce this kind of
> tests might deserve a separate issue to track it more visibly. Do have
> one already?
>
> Best regards,
> Gokcen

Hi Gokcen,

I'll have a look at it. The listed example won't fit my use-case (I need 
to send input as a result of certain output), but I'll dig into the 
documentation to see if it can support that.

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