1 files changed, 43 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/test/functional/helpers.lua b/test/functional/helpers.lua
index 5b641b5054..f4b2a8dfdc 100644
--- a/test/functional/helpers.lua
+++ b/test/functional/helpers.lua
@@ -319,7 +319,14 @@ end
 -- Dedent the given text and write it to the file name.
 local function write_file(name, text, dont_dedent)
   local file = io.open(name, 'w')
-  if not dont_dedent then
+  if type(text) == 'table' then
+    -- Byte blob
+    local bytes = text
+    text = ''
+    for _, char in ipairs(bytes) do
+      text = ('%s%c'):format(text, char)
+    end
+  elseif not dont_dedent then
     text = dedent(text)
   end
   file:write(text)
@@ -337,11 +344,23 @@ local function read_file(name)
   return ret
 end
 
+local sourced_fnames = {}
 local function source(code)
   local fname = tmpname()
   write_file(fname, code)
   nvim_command('source '..fname)
-  os.remove(fname)
+  -- DO NOT REMOVE FILE HERE.
+  -- do_source() has a habit of checking whether files are “same” by using inode
+  -- and device IDs. If you run two source() calls in quick succession there is
+  -- a good chance that underlying filesystem will reuse the inode, making files
+  -- appear as “symlinks” to do_source when it checks FileIDs. With current
+  -- setup linux machines (both QB, travis and mine(ZyX-I) with XFS) do reuse
+  -- inodes, Mac OS machines (again, both QB and travis) do not.
+  --
+  -- Files appearing as “symlinks” mean that both the first and the second
+  -- source() calls will use same SID, which may fail some tests which check for
+  -- exact numbers after `<SNR>` in e.g. function names.
+  sourced_fnames[#sourced_fnames + 1] = fname
   return fname
 end
 
@@ -581,6 +600,24 @@ local function missing_provider(provider)
   end
 end
 
+local function alter_slashes(obj)
+  if not iswin() then
+    return obj
+  end
+  if type(obj) == 'string' then
+    local ret = obj:gsub('/', '\\')
+    return ret
+  elseif type(obj) == 'table' then
+    local ret = {}
+    for k, v in pairs(obj) do
+      ret[k] = alter_slashes(v)
+    end
+    return ret
+  else
+    assert(false, 'Could only alter slashes for tables of strings and strings')
+  end
+end
+
 local module = {
   prepend_argv = prepend_argv,
   clear = clear,
@@ -649,11 +686,15 @@ local module = {
   NIL = mpack.NIL,
   get_pathsep = get_pathsep,
   missing_provider = missing_provider,
+  alter_slashes = alter_slashes,
 }
 
 return function(after_each)
   if after_each then
     after_each(function()
+      for _, fname in ipairs(sourced_fnames) do
+        os.remove(fname)
+      end
       check_logs()
       check_cores('build/bin/nvim')
     end)