test: Test show's handling of subprocess errors

[notmuch] / test / emacs-show

diff --git a/test/emacs-show b/test/emacs-show
index b670abf65ed22623183316fbe45b46664b6c3a05..40fab61609e80b6e0bb5c612812beed2e3a53ce8 100755 (executable)
--- a/test/emacs-show
+++ b/test/emacs-show
@@ -163,4 +163,26 @@ EOF
 test_expect_equal_file OUTPUT EXPECTED
 
 
+test_begin_subtest "Show handles subprocess errors"
+cat > notmuch_fail <<EOF
+#!/bin/sh
+echo This is output
+echo This is an error >&2
+exit 1
+EOF
+chmod a+x notmuch_fail
+test_emacs "(let ((notmuch-command \"$PWD/notmuch_fail\"))
+              (ignore-errors (notmuch-show \"*\"))
+              (notmuch-test-wait)
+              (test-output)
+              (with-current-buffer \"*Notmuch errors*\"
+                 (test-output \"ERROR\")))"
+test_expect_equal "$(cat OUTPUT ERROR)" "\
+Error invoking notmuch.  $PWD/notmuch_fail show --format=json --exclude=false ' * ' exited with status 1.
+Error:
+This is an error
+Output:
+This is output"
+
+
 test_done