Create/copy directories to automatically cleaned up temporary directories via Mocha

More information on the repository can be found in fixture-dir's documentation.

Install the module with: npm install mocha-fixture-dir

// Generate our fixture utils
var exec = require('child_process').exec;
var FixtureDir = require('fixture-dir');
var mochaFixtureDir = require('mochaFixtureDir');
var fixtureUtils = mochaFixtureDir(FixtureDir);

// Generate a tmp namespace for our tests
fixtureUtils.init('my-node-module-tests');

// Copy over folder contents (`git-log`) to temporary directory (`/tmp/my-node-module-tests/git-log`)
// This also cleans up the directory on `after`
fixtureUtils.mkdir({
  folderName: 'git-log',
  copyFrom: __dirname + '/test-files/git-log' // Folder with `.git` activity
});
before(function (done) {
  // Run `git log` in our directory ()
  exec('git log', {cwd: this.dir.path}, function (err, stdout, stderr) {
    // Save our stdout and callback
    this.stdout = stdout;
    done(err);
  });
});

it('retrieved `git log` in our fixture directory', function () {
  assert(this.stdout);
});

mocha-fixture-dir returns mochaFixtureDir as its module.exports.

Factory that wraps a FixtureDir instance with Mocha methods.

Returns:

• fixtureUtils FixtureUtils, object with methods for creating/interacting with a FixtureDir in Mocha's before/after contexts

Initialize the FixtureDir constructor inside of a before block. This must be run before any other FixtureUtils calls.

Runs FixtureDir#mkdir on the current FixtureDir instance inside a Mocha's before block. Additionally, it cleans up the directory via FixtureDir#destroy in an after block.

In lieu of a formal styleguide, take care to maintain the existing coding style. Add unit tests for any new or changed functionality. Lint via grunt and test via npm test.

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As of Apr 13 2014, Todd Wolfson has released this repository and its contents to the public domain.

It has been released under the UNLICENSE.