BATS libexec dir on install

[ggordham]

I installed the bats script in /usr/local (following the instructions). The tool was not working, looked like it couldn't find the libexec path scripts. I also had a second issue where bats tests would not find the script I was trying to run.

For the first issue (libexec) I updated the bats script (in /usr/local/bin/bats) line 55:
Old Line:
BATS_LIBEXEC="$(abs_dirname "$0")"
New Line:
BATS_LIBEXEC="$(abs_dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../libexec"

This would probably work no matter if bats is installed centrally or if it is pulled into a git project since it's all based on relative path to where the bats script is installed.

The second issue was when I was running bats on scripts in my project. The bats test script could not find my scripts for testing. For example:

cd <my project>      --- my .sh scripts and .bats test script is here
/usr/local/bin/bats mytest.bats   -- run the bats test

It wouldn't find my script. I updated my bats test like this:
Old:
run myscript.sh
New:
run ${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME}/myscript.sh

This seems to be something to do with the working directory. I'm not sure but it might be worth while to add something like:
cd ${BATS_TEST_DIRNAME} to the bats-exec-test script, maybe between lines 57 and 58?
If the path needs to be saved, another option to save it off in a variable or use pushd / popd.
The instructions for bats seemed to imply that it would find scripts in the current working directory that bats is executed from.

Anyway, let me know if I can provide any other details.
Thanks,
Gary

[Potherca]

This project is no longer being actively maintained by its original auther (see #236).

You might want to migrate to the community maintained fork bats-core and report your issue there.