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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# author: deadc0de6 (https://github.com/deadc0de6)
+# Copyright (c) 2020, deadc0de6
+#
+# test notemplate
+# 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
+#echo "dotfile source: ${tmps}"
+# the dotfile destination
+tmpd=`mktemp -d --suffix='-dotdrop-tests' || mktemp -d`
+#echo "dotfile destination: ${tmpd}"
+
+# create the config file
+cfg="${tmps}/config.yaml"
+
+# globally
+cat > ${cfg} << _EOF
+config:
+  backup: true
+  create: true
+  dotpath: dotfiles
+  template_dotfile_default: true
+dotfiles:
+  d_d1:
+    dst: ${tmpd}/d1
+    src: d1
+profiles:
+  p1:
+    dotfiles:
+    - d_d1
+_EOF
+#cat ${cfg}
+
+# create the dotfile
+echo "before" > ${tmps}/dotfiles/d1
+echo "{#@@ should not be stripped @@#}" >> ${tmps}/dotfiles/d1
+echo "{{@@ header() @@}}" >> ${tmps}/dotfiles/d1
+echo "after" >> ${tmps}/dotfiles/d1
+
+# install
+cd ${ddpath} | ${bin} install -f -c ${cfg} -p p1 -V
+
+# test existence
+[ ! -e ${tmpd}/d1 ] && echo 'not installed' && exit 1
+grep 'header' ${tmpd}/d1 || echo "header stripped" && exit 1
+grep 'should not be stripped' ${tmpd}/d1 || echo "comment stripped" && exit 1
+
+# through the dotfile
+cat > ${cfg} << _EOF
+config:
+  backup: true
+  create: true
+  dotpath: dotfiles
+dotfiles:
+  d_d1:
+    dst: ${tmpd}/d1
+    src: d1
+    notemplate: true
+profiles:
+  p1:
+    dotfiles:
+    - d_d1
+_EOF
+#cat ${cfg}
+
+# clean destination
+rm -rf ${tmpd}/*
+
+# install
+cd ${ddpath} | ${bin} install -f -c ${cfg} -p p1 -V
+
+# test existence
+[ ! -e ${tmpd}/d1 ] && echo 'not installed' && exit 1
+grep 'header' ${tmpd}/d1 || echo "header stripped" && exit 1
+grep 'should not be stripped' ${tmpd}/d1 || echo "comment stripped" && exit 1
+
+## CLEANING
+rm -rf ${tmps} ${tmpd}
+
+echo "OK"
+exit 0