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Zack Galbreath cbcb92d1cb ctest: add support for attaching files to tests at run time
Allow tests to specify files to upload at runtime. Previously this was
only possible to specify at configure time with the ATTACHED_FILES
test properties.

This commit also fixes a bug in how our test data tarballs were generated
by CTest. Previously, if you tried to attach a file outside of the binary
directory, CTest would generate a tar file with a relative path, and tar
would not allow you to extract it. We resolve this problem by creating
tar files with a flat directory structure instead.

Fixes: #22284
2021-06-08 09:27:19 -04:00
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2021-01-13 11:04:59 +00:00

CMake Tests Directory
*********************

This directory contains the CMake test suite.
See also the `CMake Source Code Guide`_.

.. _`CMake Source Code Guide`: ../Help/dev/source.rst

Many tests exist as immediate subdirectories, but some tests
are organized as follows.

* ``CMakeLib/``:
  Source code, used for tests, that links to the ``CMakeLib`` library
  defined over in ``Source/``.

* ``CMakeOnly/``:
  Deprecated.  Tests that run CMake to generate a project but not build it.
  Superseded by ``Tests/RunCMake/``.

* ``Find*/``:
  Tests for specific find modules that can only be run on machines with
  the corresponding packages installed.  They are enabled in
  ``CMakeLists.txt`` by undocumented options used on CI builds.

* ``Module/``:
  Tests for specific CMake modules.

* ``RunCMake/``:
  Tests that run CMake and/or other tools while precisely checking
  their return code and stdout/stderr content.  Useful for testing
  error cases and diagnostic output.