Rootpath - Testing Just Got Easier

The package in its current version is designed to make it easier to perform tests that require loading external resources. It is not intended for production applications, as its operation is based on the existence of the go.mod file in the main directory of the application.

Usage

Installation

go get github.com/flashlabs/rootpath

Tests Bootstrap

Configure the test working directory to always be the project root directory. It doesn't matter whether you run tests from the IDE or from the CLI, the context of their execution will always be the same.

Just import the package with a blank identifier (_) and the working directory of your tests will be the root directory of your project.

package yours

import (
    _ "github.com/flashlabs/rootpath"
)

From now on you can load all files pointing to the rootpath from the root directory of your project, e.g. "assets/file.json", no matter where the test will be called from.

See "test/rootpath_test.go" for real life example.

Manual Initialization

It is possible to manually chdir to rootpath with the location.Chdir() function.

All you need to do is to NOT blank import the rootpath package, but instead call location.Chdir() when you want to:

package yours

import (
	"fmt"

	"github.com/flashlabs/rootpath/location"
)

func main() {
	if err := location.Chdir(); err != nil {
		fmt.Errorf("error while executing location.Chdir: %w", err)
	}
}

See "location/chdir_test.go" for real life example.

Issues and Ideas

If you have any questions or want to improve something, just submit an Issue with all the details.