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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# author: deadc0de6 (https://github.com/deadc0de6)
+# Copyright (c) 2021, deadc0de6
+#
+# import config testing
+#
+
+# 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 sources
+tmps=`mktemp -d --suffix='-dotdrop-tests' || mktemp -d`
+# the dotfile destination
+tmpd=`mktemp -d --suffix='-dotdrop-tests' || mktemp -d`
+
+clear_on_exit "${tmps}"
+clear_on_exit "${tmpd}"
+
+first="${tmps}/first"
+second="${tmps}/second"
+mkdir -p ${first} ${second}
+
+# create the config file
+cfg1="${first}/config.yaml"
+cfg2="${second}/config.yaml"
+
+cat > ${cfg1} << _EOF
+config:
+  backup: true
+  create: true
+  dotpath: .
+  import_configs:
+  - ../second/config.yaml
+dotfiles:
+  f_abc:
+    dst: ${tmpd}/abc
+    src: abc
+profiles:
+  p0:
+    include:
+    - p1
+    dotfiles:
+    - f_abc
+_EOF
+
+cat > ${cfg2} << _EOF
+config:
+  backup: true
+  create: true
+  dotpath: .
+dotfiles:
+  f_def:
+    dst: ${tmpd}/def
+    src: def
+profiles:
+  p1:
+    dotfiles:
+    - f_def
+_EOF
+
+# create the source
+echo "abc" > ${first}/abc
+echo "{{@@ _dotfile_abs_dst @@}}" >> ${first}/abc
+
+echo "def" > ${second}/def
+echo "{{@@ _dotfile_abs_dst @@}}" >> ${second}/def
+
+# files comparison
+cd ${ddpath} | ${bin} files -c ${cfg1} -G -p p0 | grep '^f_abc'
+cd ${ddpath} | ${bin} files -c ${cfg1} -G -p p0 | grep '^f_def'
+cd ${ddpath} | ${bin} files -c ${cfg1} -G -p p1 | grep '^f_def'
+cd ${ddpath} | ${bin} files -c ${cfg2} -G -p p1 | grep '^f_def'
+
+# test compare too
+cd ${ddpath} | ${bin} install -c ${cfg1} -p p0 -V -f
+cd ${ddpath} | ${bin} compare -c ${cfg1} -p p0 -V
+
+[ ! -s ${tmpd}/abc ] && echo "abc not installed" && exit 1
+[ ! -s ${tmpd}/def ] && echo "def not installed" && exit 1
+
+echo "OK"
+exit 0