Verify.Cli 1.0.374

Verify.Cli

A command-line tool that uses the Verify library for regular files (without requiring you to create a unit test project).

Usage

If you run this tool interactively, then you'll get a similar experience that you would using VerifyTests in a .NET unit test project. Verify.Cli will utilise any existing compatible file diff tool to display the diff.

./Verify.Cli --file <path to file to verify> [--verified-dir <directory>]

The first time you use Verify.Cli, it will output the contents of the file.

Options

• --file or -f: The file to verify (required)
• --verified-dir or -d: Directory to store/look for .verified files (optional)

Examples

Basic usage:

.\Verify.Cli.exe --file C:\tmp\example.txt

With custom verified files directory:

.\Verify.Cli.exe --file C:\tmp\example.txt --verified-dir C:\MyVerifiedFiles

This will look for the verified file at C:\MyVerifiedFiles\example.txt.verified.txt instead of the default location next to the source file.

When the files match, the tool exits with code 0 and produces no output.

Unhandled exception: VerifyException: Directory: C:\tmp
New:
  - Received: example.txt.received.txt
    Verified: example.txt.verified.txt

FileContent:

New:

Received: example.txt.received.txt
This is
a text file.

Your diff tool of choice (if found by the Verify's DiffEngine library) can then be used to compare to the verified file (if it exists), or create it (if the first time).

If the verified file matches the received file, then there is no output (and the exit code is zero).

If the received file is different from the verified file, then a diff will be shown in the console, a non-zero exit code will be returned, and if in an interactive environment with a supported diff tool, then that tool will be launched.

Unhandled exception: VerifyException: Directory: C:\tmp
NotEqual:
  - Received: example.txt.received.txt
    Verified: example.txt.verified.txt

FileContent:

NotEqual:

Received: example.txt.received.txt
This is
an updated text file.

Verified: example.txt.verified.txt
This is
a text file.

Example with Beyond Compare launched: