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When creating new approved files, of non-text types, try to make them valid empty files #172

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claremacrae opened this issue Feb 17, 2021 · 5 comments

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claremacrae commented Feb 17, 2021

Add integration with Simon Cropp's EmptyFiles tool - see https://github.com/VerifyTests/EmptyFiles#tool-usage

We would have to work out the mechanics of this.

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claremacrae commented Feb 17, 2021

Since we don't have an installer mechanism, there's a variety of ways that users can obtain ApprovalTests.cpp, including:

  • via downloading the single header
  • via any package managers
  • git sub-repo or similar
  • CMake's FetchContent

So I think we'll have to train users to install the EmptyFiles tool themselves... (and install dotnet - which won't be standard for pure C++ projects...)

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(and install dotnet - which won't be standard for pure C++ projects...)

Simon Cropp pointed to that it's possible to make dotnet exes standalone, so the above wouldn't be needed...
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/deploying/single-file

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Idea: we could create a seam to generate empty files - and if it detects that empty-file is present, it runs it...
We could make the seam, and make it pluggable, and then pick it up later...

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claremacrae commented Aug 30, 2021

The seam/customization point for controlling how new files are created is documented here:

https://github.com/approvals/ApprovalTests.cpp/blob/master/doc/Writers.md#empty-files

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There is a simpler seam now, that works well for individual file extensions:
https://github.com/approvals/ApprovalTests.cpp/blob/master/doc/Writers.md#customizing-by-file-extension

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