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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# author: davla (https://github.com/davls)
+# Copyright (c) 2020, davla
+#
+# test variables imported from config and used in the importing yaml config
+# returns 1 in case of error
+#
+
+# exit on first error
+set -e
+
+# all this crap to get current path
+rl="readlink -f"
+if ! ${rl} "${0}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  rl="realpath"
+
+  if ! hash ${rl}; then
+    echo "\"${rl}\" not found !" && exit 1
+  fi
+fi
+cur=$(dirname "$(${rl} "${0}")")
+
+#hash dotdrop >/dev/null 2>&1
+#[ "$?" != "0" ] && echo "install dotdrop to run tests" && exit 1
+
+#echo "called with ${1}"
+
+# dotdrop path can be pass as argument
+ddpath="${cur}/../"
+[ "${1}" != "" ] && ddpath="${1}"
+[ ! -d ${ddpath} ] && echo "ddpath \"${ddpath}\" is not a directory" && exit 1
+
+export PYTHONPATH="${ddpath}:${PYTHONPATH}"
+bin="python3 -m dotdrop.dotdrop"
+hash coverage 2>/dev/null && bin="coverage run -a --source=dotdrop -m dotdrop.dotdrop" || true
+
+echo "dotdrop path: ${ddpath}"
+echo "pythonpath: ${PYTHONPATH}"
+
+# get the helpers
+source ${cur}/helpers
+
+echo -e "$(tput setaf 6)==> RUNNING $(basename $BASH_SOURCE) <==$(tput sgr0)"
+
+################################################################
+# this is the test
+################################################################
+
+# the dotfile source
+tmps=`mktemp -d --suffix='-dotdrop-tests' || mktemp -d`
+mkdir -p ${tmps}/dotfiles
+# the dotfile destination
+tmpd=`mktemp -d --suffix='-dotdrop-tests' || mktemp -d`
+
+# create the config file
+cfg="${tmps}/config.yaml"
+subcfg="${tmps}/subconfig.yaml"
+
+cat > ${cfg} << _EOF
+config:
+  backup: true
+  create: true
+  dotpath: dotfiles
+  import_configs:
+  - ${subcfg}
+dotfiles:
+  f_abc:
+    dst: ${tmpd}/abc
+    src: '{{@@ abc_dyn_src @@}}{{@@ abc_src @@}}'
+profiles:
+  p1:
+    dotfiles:
+    - f_abc
+_EOF
+cat ${cfg}
+
+# create the subconfig file
+cat > ${subcfg} << _EOF
+config:
+  backup: true
+  create: true
+  dotpath: dotfiles
+variables:
+  abc_src: c
+dynvariables:
+  abc_dyn_src: 'echo ab'
+dotfiles: []
+profiles: []
+_EOF
+
+# create the dotfile
+dirname ${tmps}/dotfiles/abc | xargs mkdir -p
+cat > ${tmps}/dotfiles/abc << _EOF
+Hell yeah
+_EOF
+
+# install
+cd ${ddpath} | ${bin} install -f -c ${cfg} -p p1 -V
+
+# test file existence and content
+[ -f "${tmpd}/abc" ] || {
+    echo 'Dotfile not installed'
+    exit 1
+}
+
+## CLEANING
+rm -rf ${tmps} ${tmpd}
+
+echo "OK"
+exit 0