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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# author: deadc0de6 (https://github.com/deadc0de6)
+# Copyright (c) 2017, deadc0de6
+#
+# test updates
+# 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}")")
+
+# 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
+################################################################
+
+# dotdrop directory
+basedir=`mktemp -d --suffix='-dotdrop-tests' || mktemp -d`
+echo "[+] dotdrop dir: ${basedir}"
+echo "[+] dotpath dir: ${basedir}/dotfiles"
+dt="${basedir}/dotfiles"
+mkdir -p ${dt}/folder
+touch ${dt}/folder/a
+
+# the dotfile to be imported
+tmpd=`mktemp -d --suffix='-dotdrop-tests' || mktemp -d`
+
+# some files
+cp -r ${dt}/folder ${tmpd}/
+mkdir -p ${tmpd}/folder
+touch ${tmpd}/folder/b
+mkdir ${tmpd}/folder/c
+
+# create the config file
+cfg="${basedir}/config.yaml"
+cat > ${cfg} << _EOF
+config:
+  backup: false
+  create: true
+  dotpath: dotfiles
+dotfiles:
+  thedotfile:
+    dst: ${tmpd}/folder
+    src: folder
+profiles:
+  p1:
+    dotfiles:
+    - thedotfile
+_EOF
+
+#
+# Test with no ignore-missing setting
+#
+
+# Expect diff
+echo "[+] test with no ignore-missing setting"
+set +e
+cd ${ddpath} | ${bin} compare -c ${cfg} --verbose --profile=p1
+[ "$?" = "0" ] && exit 1
+set -e
+
+#
+# Test with command-line flga
+#
+
+# Expect no diff
+echo "[+] test with command-line flag"
+set +e
+cd ${ddpath} | ${bin} compare -c ${cfg} --verbose --profile=p1 --ignore-missing
+[ "$?" != "0" ] && exit 1
+set -e
+
+#
+# Test with global option
+#
+
+cat > ${cfg} << _EOF
+config:
+  backup: false
+  create: true
+  dotpath: dotfiles
+  ignore_missing_in_dotdrop: true
+dotfiles:
+  thedotfile:
+    dst: ${tmpd}/folder
+    src: folder
+profiles:
+  p1:
+    dotfiles:
+    - thedotfile
+_EOF
+
+# Expect no diff
+echo "[+] test global option"
+set +e
+cd ${ddpath} | ${bin} compare -c ${cfg} --verbose --profile=p1
+[ "$?" != "0" ] && exit 1
+set -e
+
+#
+# Test with dotfile option
+#
+
+cat > ${cfg} << _EOF
+config:
+  backup: false
+  create: true
+  dotpath: dotfiles
+dotfiles:
+  thedotfile:
+    dst: ${tmpd}/folder
+    src: folder
+    ignore_missing_in_dotdrop: true
+profiles:
+  p1:
+    dotfiles:
+    - thedotfile
+_EOF
+
+# Expect no diff
+echo "[+] test dotfile option"
+set +e
+cd ${ddpath} | ${bin} compare -c ${cfg} --verbose --profile=p1
+[ "$?" != "0" ] && exit 1
+set -e
+
+# CLEANING
+rm -rf ${basedir} ${tmpd}
+
+echo "OK"
+exit 0