From ed5150d2df65ed7d7db94a5f8ed43ec0b9b5104d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron Ecay Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2013 22:34:42 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] test/README: mention the test_expect_equal_json and *sanitize* functions also fix one typo --- test/README | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/test/README b/test/README index 81c232dd..d12cff24 100644 --- a/test/README +++ b/test/README @@ -178,11 +178,18 @@ library for your script to use. test_expect_equal_file - Identical to test_exepect_equal, except that and + Identical to test_expect_equal, except that and are files instead of strings. This is a much more robust method to compare formatted textual information, since it also notices whitespace and closing newline differences. + test_expect_equal_json + + Identical to test_expect_equal, except that the two strings are + treated as JSON and canonicalized before equality testing. This is + useful to abstract away from whitespace differences in the expected + output and that generated by running a notmuch command. + test_debug