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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2009 Mark Rada
+#
+
+test_description='gitweb as standalone script (parsing script output).
+
+This test runs gitweb (git web interface) as a CGI script from the
+commandline, and checks that it produces the correct output, either
+in the HTTP header or the actual script output.'
+
+
+. ./gitweb-lib.sh
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# snapshot file name and prefix
+
+cat >>gitweb_config.perl <<\EOF
+
+$known_snapshot_formats{'tar'} = {
+	'display' => 'tar',
+	'type' => 'application/x-tar',
+	'suffix' => '.tar',
+	'format' => 'tar',
+};
+
+$feature{'snapshot'}{'default'} = ['tar'];
+EOF
+
+# Call check_snapshot with the arguments "<basename> [<prefix>]"
+#
+# This will check that gitweb HTTP header contains proposed filename
+# as <basename> with '.tar' suffix added, and that generated tarfile
+# (gitweb message body) has <prefix> as prefix for al files in tarfile
+#
+# <prefix> default to <basename>
+check_snapshot () {
+	basename=$1
+	prefix=${2:-"$1"}
+	echo "basename=$basename"
+	grep "filename=.*$basename.tar" gitweb.headers >/dev/null 2>&1 &&
+	"$TAR" tf gitweb.body >file_list &&
+	! grep -v "^$prefix/" file_list
+}
+
+test_expect_success setup '
+	test_commit first foo &&
+	git branch xx/test &&
+	FULL_ID=$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD) &&
+	SHORT_ID=$(git rev-parse --verify --short=7 HEAD)
+'
+test_debug '
+	echo "FULL_ID  = $FULL_ID"
+	echo "SHORT_ID = $SHORT_ID"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'snapshot: full sha1' '
+	gitweb_run "p=.git;a=snapshot;h=$FULL_ID;sf=tar" &&
+	check_snapshot ".git-$FULL_ID" ".git"
+'
+test_debug 'cat gitweb.headers && cat file_list'
+
+test_expect_success 'snapshot: shortened sha1' '
+	gitweb_run "p=.git;a=snapshot;h=$SHORT_ID;sf=tar" &&
+	check_snapshot ".git-$SHORT_ID" ".git"
+'
+test_debug 'cat gitweb.headers && cat file_list'
+
+test_expect_success 'snapshot: HEAD' '
+	gitweb_run "p=.git;a=snapshot;h=HEAD;sf=tar" &&
+	check_snapshot ".git-HEAD" ".git"
+'
+test_debug 'cat gitweb.headers && cat file_list'
+
+test_expect_success 'snapshot: short branch name (master)' '
+	gitweb_run "p=.git;a=snapshot;h=master;sf=tar" &&
+	check_snapshot ".git-master" ".git"
+'
+test_debug 'cat gitweb.headers && cat file_list'
+
+test_expect_failure 'snapshot: hierarchical branch name (xx/test)' '
+	gitweb_run "p=.git;a=snapshot;h=xx/test;sf=tar" &&
+	! grep "filename=.*/" gitweb.headers
+'
+test_debug 'cat gitweb.headers'
+
+test_done