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NAME

       aegis new test - add a new test to a change

SYNOPSIS

       aegis -New_Test [ option...  ][ filename...  ]
       aegis -New_Test -List [ option...  ]
       aegis -New_Test -Help

DESCRIPTION

       The aegis -New_Test command is used to add a new test to a change.  A
       new file is created in the development directory.

       New tests default to “automatic” unless otherwise specified.

   File Name Interpretation
       The aegis program will attempt to determine the project file names from
       the file names given on the command line.  All file names are stored
       within aegis projects as relative to the root of the baseline directory
       tree.  The development directory and the integration directory are
       shadows of this baseline directory, and so these relative names apply
       here, too.  Files named on the command line are first converted to
       absolute paths if necessary.  They are then compared with the baseline
       path, the development directory path, and the integration directory
       path, to determine a baseline-relative name.  It is an error if the
       file named is outside one of these directory trees.

       The -BAse_RElative option may be used to cause relative filenames to be
       interpreted as relative to the baseline path; absolute filenames will
       still be compared with the various paths in order to determine a
       baseline-relative name.

       The relative_filename_preference in the user configuration file may be
       used to modify this default behavior.  See aeuconf(5) for more
       information.

   Test Filename Generation
       You may choose your own filename for a test, by specifying it on the
       command line.

       If no filename is specified on the command line, a test filename is
       automatically generated.  This is controlled by the new_test_filename
       field of the project configuration file (see aepconf(5) for more
       information.  All automatically generated test filenames within a
       project are numbered uniquely.  The default pattern for new test
       filenames is "test/XX/tXXXX[am].sh", where XX is the first 2 digits of
       the test number, XXXX is the whole test number, and [am] is a for
       automatic tests and m for manual tests.

   Modifying Tests
       Tests may be modified in future by adding them to a change with the
       aecp(1) command.  Tests are treated just like any other source file,
       and are subject to the same process.

   File Templates
       When a new file is created in the development directory the project
       config file is searched for a template for the new file.  If a template
       is found, the new file will be initialized to the template, otherwise
       it will be created empty.  See aepconf(5) for more information.

       The simplest form is to use template files, such as
              file_template =
              [
                      {
                              pattern = [ "*.c" ];
                              body = "${read_file ${source template/c abs}}";
                      },
                      {
                              pattern = [ "test/*/.sh" ];
                              body = "${read_file ${source template/test abs}}";
                      },
              ];
       As you can see, the template files are part of the project source, so
       you can add the appropriate copyright notices, and wrappers, etc.  The
       $source substitution locates them, if they are not part of the current
       change (and they usually are not).

       The template files themselves contain substitutions.  The $filename
       substitution is available, and contains the name of the file being
       created.  This can be manipulated in various ways when constructing the
       appropriate file contents.  See aesub(5) for more information about
       substitutions.

       It is also possible to run a command to create the new file.  You can
       do this instead of specifying a body string, viz:
              file_template =
              [
                      {
                              pattern = [ "*" ];
                              body_command = "perl ${source template.pl abs} $filename";
                      },
              ];
       The command is run with a current directory set to the top of the
       development directory.  It is an error if the command fails to create
       the file.  You can mix-and-match the two techniques, body string and
       body_command, if you want.

       Be careful to make sure that the test filename template pattern matches
       the new_test_filename field.

   File Name Limitations
       There are a number of controls available to limit the form of project
       file names.  All of these controls may be found in the project
       configuration file, see aepconf(5) for more information.  The most
       significant are briefly described here:

       maximum_filename_length = integer;
               This field is used to limit the length of filenames.  All new
               files may not have path components longer than this.  Defaults
               to 255 if not set.  For maximum portability you should set this
               to 14.

       posix_filename_charset = boolean;
               This field may be used to limit the characters allowed in
               filenames to only those explicitly allowed by POSIX.  Defaults
               to false if not set, meaning whatever your operating system
               will tolerate, except white space and high-bit-on characters.
               For maximum portability you should set this to true.

       dos_filename_required = boolean;
               This field may be used to limit filenames so that they conform
               to the DOS 8+3 filename limits and to the DOS filename
               character set.  Defaults to false if not set.

       windows_filename_required = boolean;
               This field may be used to limit filenames so that they conform
               to the Windows98 and WindowsNT filename limits and character
               set.  Defaults to false if not set.

       shell_safe_filenames = boolean;
               This field may be used to limit filenames so that they do not
               contain shell special characters.  Defaults to true if not set.
               If this field is set to false, you will need to use the
               ${quote} substitution around filenames in commands, to ensure
               that filenames containing shell special characters do not have
               unintended side effects.  Weird characters in filenames may
               also confuse your dependency maintenance tool.

       allow_white_space_in_filenames = boolean;
               This field may be used to allow white space characters in file
               names.  This will allow the following characters to appear in
               file names: backspace (BS, \b, 0x08), horizontal tab (HT, \t,
               0x09), new line (NL, \n, 0x0A), vertical tab (VT, \v, 0x0B),
               form feed (FF, \f, 0x0C), and carriage return (CR, \r, 0x0D).
               Defaults to false if not set.

               Note that this field does not override other file name filters.
               It will be necessary to explicitly set shell_safe_filenames =
               false as well.  It will be necessary to set dos_filename_
               required = false (the default) as well.  It will be necessary
               to set posix_filename_charset = false (the default) as well.

               The user must take great care to use the ${quote} substitution
               around all file names in commands in the project configuration.
               And even then, substitutions which expect a space separated
               list of file names will have undefined results.

       allow_non_ascii_filenames = boolean;
               This field may be used to allow file names with non-ascii-
               printable characters in them.  Usually this would mean a UTF8
               or international charset of some kind.  Defaults to false if
               not set.

               Note that this field does not override other file name filters.
               It will be necessary to explicitly set shell_safe_filenames =
               false as well.  It will be necessary to set dos_filename_
               required = false (the default) as well.  It will be necessary
               to set posix_filename_charset = false (the default) as well.

       filename_pattern_accept = [ string ];
               This field is used to specify a list of patterns of acceptable
               filenames.  Defaults to "*" if not set.

       filename_pattern_reject = [ string ];
               This field is used to specify a list of patterns of
               unacceptable filenames.

       Please Note: Aegis also consults the underlying file system, to
       determine its notion of maximum file size.  Where the file system’s
       maximum file size is less than maximum_filename_length, the filesystem
       wins.  This can happen, for example, when you are using the Linux
       UMSDOS file system, or when you have an NFS mounted an ancient V7
       filesystem.  Setting maximum_filename_length to 255 in these cases does
       not alter the fact that the underlying file systems limits are far
       smaller (12 and 14, respectively).

       If your development directories (or your whole project) is on
       filesystems with filename limitations, or a portion of the
       heterogeneous builds take place in such an environment, it helps to
       tell Aegis what they are (using the project config file’s fields) so
       that you don’t run into the situation where the project builds on the
       more permissive environments, but fails with mysterious errors in the
       more limited environments.

       If your development directories are routinely on a Linux UMSDOS
       filesystem, you would probably be better off setting
       dos_filename_required = true, and also changing the
       development_directory_template field.  Heterogeneous development with
       various Windows environments may also require this.

   Changing the Type of a File
       If you want to change the type of a file (say, from a test to a source
       file, or vice versa) you could do it as two changes, by first using
       aerm(1) in one change and then using aenf(1) or aent(1) in a second
       change, or you can combine both steps in the same change.  Remember to
       use the aerm -nowhiteout option or you will get a most peculiar new
       file template.

   Notification
       The new_test_command in the project config file is run, if set.  The
       project_file_command is also run, if set, and if there has been an
       integration recently.  See aepconf(5) for more information.

TEST PROCESS

       Each change is required to be accompanied by tests, and those tests are
       required to be run against the built development directory, and they
       must pass.  This ensures that new functionality is accompanied by tests
       to verify its correctness, and bug fixes are accompanied by tests which
       confirm that the bug has been fixed.

   Regression Tests
       Tests are treated as any other source file, and are maintained in the
       baseline and history with all other source files.  The tests which must
       accompany every change accumulate in the project baseline, providing a
       definition of correct function for the baseline.  These accumulated
       tests may be executed using an “aegis -REGression” command, to verify
       that the project will not “regress” as a result of a change.

   Baseline Tests
       Bug fixes are required to have their tests fail against the project
       baseline (in contrast to the development directory).  This ensures that
       the test actually demonstrates the bug in the baseline, as well as
       demonstrating that it is fixed by the change.  New functionality
       trivially fails against the baseline, and so aegis does not attempt to
       guess if a test is a bug fix test or new functionality test, it simply
       requires tests to fail against the baseline.

       This requirement applies both to new tests being created by a change
       and also to tests which have been copied into a change for
       modification.

   Reviewing Tests
       Reviewers may be confident that aegis has enforced the test
       requirements; that a change must have tests, that the change must
       build, that the tests pass against the development directory, and that
       the tests fail against the baseline.  These conditions are enforced by
       aede(1) and the change will not be advanced to the being reviewed state
       until these conditions are met.  Reviewers should thus review tests for
       completeness of coverage of the code in the change, and insensitivity
       to changes in the execution environment (e.g. not date sensitive).
       Reviewers should also use “aegis -list change_details” to verify that a
       change does or does not have testing exemptions.

   Exemptions
       Various test exemptions may be granted by project administrators, see
       aepa(1) and aepattr(5) for more information.  Copying tests into a
       change, or adding new tests to a change, may cancel those exemptions.

TEST CORRELATIONS

       The “aegis -Test -SUGgest” command may be used to have aegis suggest
       suitable regression tests for your change, based on the source files in
       your change.  This automatically focuses testing effort to relevant
       tests, reducing the number of regression tests necessary to be
       confident that you have not introduced a bug.

       The test correlations are generated by the “aegis -Integrate_Pass”
       command, which associates each test in the change with each source file
       in the change.  Thus, each source file accumulates a list of tests
       which have been associated with it in the past.  This is not as exact
       as code coverage analysis, but is a reasonable approximation in
       practice.

       The aecp(1) and aenf(1) commands are used to associate files with a
       change.  While they do not actively perform the association, these are
       the files used by aeipass(1) and aet(1) to determine which source files
       are associated with which tests.

   Test Correlation Accuracy
       Assuming that the testing correlations are accurate and that the tests
       are evenly distributed across the function space, there will be a less
       than 1/number chance that a relevant test has not been run by the
       “aegis -Test -SUGgest number” command.  A small amount of noise is
       added to the test weighting, so that unexpected things are sometimes
       tested, and the same tests are not run every time.

       Test correlation accuracy can be improved by ensuring that:

       · Each change should be strongly focused, with no gratuitous file
         inclusions.  This avoids spurious correlations.

       · Each item of new functionality should be added in an individual
         change, rather than several together.  This strongly correlates tests
         with functionality.

       · Each bug should be fixed in an individual change, rather than several
         together.  This strongly correlates tests with functionality.

       · Test correlations will be lost if files are moved.  This is because
         correlations are by name.

       The best way for tests to correlate accurately with source files is
       when a change contains a test and exactly those files relating to the
       functionality under test.  Too many spurious files will weaken the
       usefulness of the testing correlations.

OPTIONS

       The following options are understood;

       -AUTOmatic
               This option may be used to specify automatic tests.  Automatic
               tests require no human assistance.

       -BAse_RElative
               This option may be used to cause relative filenames to be
               considered relative to the base of the source tree.  See
               aeuconf(5) for the corresponding user preference.

       -CUrrent_RElative
               This option may be used to cause relative filenames to be
               considered relative to the current directory.  This is usually
               the default.  See aeuconf(5) for the corresponding user
               preference.

       -Change number
               This option may be used to specify a particular change within a
               project.  See aegis(1) for a complete description of this
               option.

       -Help
               This option may be used to obtain more information about how to
               use the aegis program.

       -List
               This option may be used to obtain a list of suitable subjects
               for this command.  The list may be more general than expected.

       -MANual This option may be used to specify manual tests.  Manual tests
               require some human intervention,  e.g.: confirmation of some
               screen behavior (X11, for instance), or some user action,
               "unplug ethernet cable now".

       -Not_Logging
               This option may be used to disable the automatic logging of
               output and errors to a file.  This is often useful when several
               aegis commands are combined in a shell script.

       -Output filename
               This option may be used to specify a filename which is to be
               written with the automatically determined test file name.
               Useful for writing scripts.

       -Project name
               This option may be used to select the project of interest.
               When no -Project option is specified, the AEGIS_PROJECT
               environment variable is consulted.  If that does not exist, the
               user’s $HOME/.aegisrc file is examined for a default project
               field (see aeuconf(5) for more information).  If that does not
               exist, when the user is only working on changes within a single
               project, the project name defaults to that project.  Otherwise,
               it is an error.

       -TEMplate
               This option may be used to specify that a new file template
               should be used, even if the file already exists.

       -No_TEMplate
               This option may be used to specify that a new file template
               should not be used, even if the file does not exist (any empty
               file will be created).

       -TERse
               This option may be used to cause listings to produce the bare
               minimum of information.  It is usually useful for shell
               scripts.

       -Verbose
               This option may be used to cause aegis to produce more output.
               By default aegis only produces output on errors.  When used
               with the -List option this option causes column headings to be
               added.

       -Wait   This option may be used to require Aegis commands to wait for
               access locks, if they cannot be obtained immediately.  Defaults
               to the user’s lock_wait_preference if not specified, see
               aeuconf(5) for more information.

       -No_Wait
               This option may be used to require Aegis commands to emit a
               fatal error if access locks cannot be obtained immediately.
               Defaults to the user’s lock_wait_preference if not specified,
               see aeuconf(5) for more information.

       See also aegis(1) for options common to all aegis commands.

       All options may be abbreviated; the abbreviation is documented as the
       upper case letters, all lower case letters and underscores (_) are
       optional.  You must use consecutive sequences of optional letters.

       All options are case insensitive, you may type them in upper case or
       lower case or a combination of both, case is not important.

       For example: the arguments "-project, "-PROJ" and "-p" are all
       interpreted to mean the -Project option.  The argument "-prj" will not
       be understood, because consecutive optional characters were not
       supplied.

       Options and other command line arguments may be mixed arbitrarily on
       the command line, after the function selectors.

       The GNU long option names are understood.  Since all option names for
       aegis are long, this means ignoring the extra leading ’-’.  The
       "--option=value" convention is also understood.

RECOMMENDED ALIAS

       The recommended alias for this command is
       csh%    alias aent ’aegis -nt \!* -v’
       sh$     aent(){aegis -nt "$@" -v}

ERRORS

       It is an error if the change is not in the being developed state.
       It is an error if the change is not assigned to the current user.

EXIT STATUS

       The aegis command will exit with a status of 1 on any error.  The aegis
       command will only exit with a status of 0 if there are no errors.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       See aegis(1) for a list of environment variables which may affect this
       command.  See aepconf(5) for the project configuration file’s project_
       specific field for how to set environment variables for all commands
       executed by Aegis.

SEE ALSO

       aecp(1) copy an existing test into a change

       aedb(1) begin development of a change

       aentu(1)
               remove a new test from a change

       aerm(1) remove an existing test as part of a change

       aet(1)  run tests

       aeuconf(5)
               user configuration file format

COPYRIGHT

       aegis version 4.24.3.D001
       Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
       2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Peter
       Miller

       The aegis program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use
       the ’aegis -VERSion License’ command.  This is free software and you
       are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; for details
       use the ’aegis -VERSion License’ command.

AUTHOR

       Peter Miller   E-Mail:   millerp@canb.auug.org.au
       /\/\*             WWW:   http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~millerp/