Initial commit of unit tests [WIP]

10 files changed, 2055 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0824baa..66fa91b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,6 +23,16 @@ endif()
 
 add_subdirectory(src)
 
+option(BUILD_TESTING_DEBUG OFF)
+if (BUILD_TESTING_DEBUG)
+	add_compile_options(DEBUG)
+endif()
+option(BUILD_TESTING OFF)
+if (BUILD_TESTING)
+	enable_testing()
+	add_subdirectory(tests)
+endif()
+
 set(SYSCONFDIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_SYSCONFDIR}")
 configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/config.h.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/include/config.h @ONLY)
 install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/omc.ini DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_SYSCONFDIR}/omc)
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd349e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+include_directories(
+        ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/include
+        ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include
+)
+set(EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/tests)
+set(CTEST_BINARY_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/tests)
+
+file(GLOB files "test_*.c")
+
+foreach(file ${files})
+    string(REGEX REPLACE "(^.*/|\\.[^.]*$)" "" file_without_ext ${file})
+    add_executable(${file_without_ext} ${file})
+    if(NOT(MSVC))
+        target_compile_options(${file_without_ext} PRIVATE
+                -Wno-unused-parameter
+                -Wno-unused-but-set-variable
+                -Wno-incompatible-pointer-types-discards-qualifiers
+                -Wno-discarded-qualifiers)
+    endif()
+    target_link_libraries(${file_without_ext} PRIVATE ohmycal)
+    add_test(${file_without_ext} ${file_without_ext})
+    set_tests_properties(${file_without_ext}
+            PROPERTIES
+            TIMEOUT 120)
+    set_tests_properties(${file_without_ext}
+            PROPERTIES
+            SKIP_RETURN_CODE 127)
+endforeach()
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diff --git a/tests/test_docker.c b/tests/test_docker.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..223de2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_docker.c
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+#include "testing.h"
+struct DockerCapabilities cap_suite;
+
+void test_docker_capable() {
+    struct DockerCapabilities cap;
+    int result = docker_capable(&cap);
+    OMC_ASSERT(result == true, "docker installation unusable");
+    OMC_ASSERT(cap.available, "docker is not available");
+    OMC_ASSERT(cap.build != 0, "docker cannot build images");
+    // no cap.podman assertion. doesn't matter if we have docker or podman
+    OMC_ASSERT(cap.usable, "docker is unusable");
+}
+
+void test_docker_exec() {
+    OMC_ASSERT(docker_exec("system info", 0) == 0, "unable to print docker information");
+    OMC_ASSERT(docker_exec("system info", OMC_DOCKER_QUIET) == 0, "unable to be quiet");
+}
+
+void test_docker_sanitize_tag() {
+    const char *data = "  !\"#$%&'()*+,-;<=>?@[\\]^_`{|}~";
+    char *input = strdup(data);
+    docker_sanitize_tag(input);
+    int result = 0;
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < strlen(data); i++) {
+        if (input[i] != '-') {
+            result = 1;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    OMC_ASSERT(result == 0, "proper tag characters were not replaced correctly");
+    guard_free(input);
+}
+
+void test_docker_build_and_script_and_save() {
+    const char *dockerfile_contents = "FROM alpine:latest\nCMD [\"sh\", \"-l\"]\n";
+    mkdir("test_docker_build", 0755);
+    if (!pushd("test_docker_build")) {
+        omc_testing_write_ascii("Dockerfile", dockerfile_contents);
+        OMC_ASSERT(docker_build(".", "--arch $(uname -m) -t test_docker_build", cap_suite.build) == 0, "docker build test failed");
+        OMC_ASSERT(docker_script("test_docker_build", "uname -a", 0) == 0, "simple docker container script execution failed");
+        OMC_ASSERT(docker_save("test_docker_build", ".", OMC_DOCKER_IMAGE_COMPRESSION) == 0, "saving a simple image failed");
+        OMC_ASSERT(docker_exec("load < test_docker_build.tar.*", 0) == 0, "loading a simple image failed");
+        docker_exec("image rm -f test_docker_build", 0);
+        remove("Dockerfile");
+        popd();
+        remove("test_docker_build");
+    } else {
+        OMC_ASSERT(false, "dir change failed");
+        return;
+    }
+}
+
+void test_docker_validate_compression_program() {
+    OMC_ASSERT(docker_validate_compression_program(OMC_DOCKER_IMAGE_COMPRESSION) == 0, "baked-in compression program does not exist");
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+    OMC_TEST_BEGIN_MAIN();
+    if (!docker_capable(&cap_suite)) {
+        return OMC_TEST_SUITE_SKIP;
+    }
+    OMC_TEST_FUNC *tests[] = {
+            test_docker_capable,
+            test_docker_exec,
+            test_docker_build_and_script_and_save,
+            test_docker_sanitize_tag,
+            test_docker_validate_compression_program,
+    };
+    OMC_TEST_RUN(tests);
+    OMC_TEST_END_MAIN();
+}
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diff --git a/tests/test_relocation.c b/tests/test_relocation.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0796074
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_relocation.c
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+#include "testing.h"
+
+static const char *test_string = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.";
+static const char *targets[] = {
+        "The", "^^^ quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.",
+        "quick", "The ^^^ brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.",
+        "brown fox jumps over the", "The quick ^^^ lazy dog.",
+        "lazy", "The quick brown fox jumps over the ^^^ dog.",
+        "dog", "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy ^^^.",
+};
+
+void test_replace_text() {
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(targets) / sizeof(*targets); i += 2) {
+        const char *target = targets[i];
+        const char *expected = targets[i + 1];
+        char input[BUFSIZ] = {0};
+        strcpy(input, test_string);
+
+        OMC_ASSERT(replace_text(input, target, "^^^", 0) == 0, "string replacement failed");
+        OMC_ASSERT(strcmp(input, expected) == 0, "unexpected replacement");
+    }
+
+}
+
+void test_file_replace_text() {
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(targets) / sizeof(*targets); i += 2) {
+        const char *filename = "test_file_replace_text.txt";
+        const char *target = targets[i];
+        const char *expected = targets[i + 1];
+        FILE *fp;
+
+        fp = fopen(filename, "w");
+        if (fp) {
+            fprintf(fp, "%s", test_string);
+            fclose(fp);
+            OMC_ASSERT(file_replace_text(filename, target, "^^^", 0) == 0, "string replacement failed");
+        } else {
+            OMC_ASSERT(false, "failed to open file for writing");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        char input[BUFSIZ] = {0};
+        fp = fopen(filename, "r");
+        if (fp) {
+            fread(input, sizeof(*input), sizeof(input), fp);
+            OMC_ASSERT(strcmp(input, expected) == 0, "unexpected replacement");
+        } else {
+            OMC_ASSERT(false, "failed to open file for reading");
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+    OMC_TEST_BEGIN_MAIN();
+    OMC_TEST_FUNC *tests[] = {
+        test_replace_text,
+        test_file_replace_text,
+    };
+    OMC_TEST_RUN(tests);
+    OMC_TEST_END_MAIN();
+}
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diff --git a/tests/test_str.c b/tests/test_str.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2321ccd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_str.c
@@ -0,0 +1,379 @@
+#include "testing.h"
+
+void test_to_short_version() {
+    struct testcase {
+        const char *data;
+        const char *expected;
+    };
+
+    struct testcase tc[] = {
+            {.data = "1.2.3", .expected = "123"},
+            {.data = "py3.12", .expected = "py312"},
+            {.data = "generic-1.2.3", .expected = "generic-123"},
+            {.data = "nothing to do", .expected = "nothing to do"},
+    };
+
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(tc) / sizeof(*tc); i++) {
+        char *result = to_short_version(tc[i].data);
+        OMC_ASSERT_FATAL(result != NULL, "should not be NULL");
+        OMC_ASSERT(strcmp(result, tc[i].expected) == 0, "unexpected result");
+        guard_free(result);
+    }
+
+}
+
+void test_tolower_s() {
+    struct testcase {
+        const char *data;
+        const char *expected;
+    };
+
+    struct testcase tc[] = {
+        {.data = "HELLO WORLD", .expected = "hello world"},
+        {.data = "Hello World", .expected = "hello world"},
+        {.data = "hello world", .expected = "hello world"},
+    };
+
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(tc) / sizeof(*tc); i++) {
+        char input[100] = {0};
+        strcpy(input, tc[i].data);
+        tolower_s(input);
+        OMC_ASSERT(strcmp(input, tc[i].expected) == 0, "unexpected result");
+    }
+}
+
+void test_isdigit_s() {
+    struct testcase {
+        const char *data;
+        int expected;
+    };
+
+    struct testcase tc[] = {
+        {.data = "", .expected = false},
+        {.data = "1", .expected = true},
+        {.data = "1234567890", .expected = true},
+        {.data = " 1 ", .expected = false},
+        {.data = "a number", .expected = false},
+        {.data = "10 numbers", .expected = false},
+        {.data = "10 10", .expected = false}
+    };
+
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(tc) / sizeof(*tc); i++) {
+        OMC_ASSERT(isdigit_s(tc[i].data) == tc[i].expected, "unexpected result");
+    }
+}
+
+void test_strdup_array_and_strcmp_array() {
+    struct testcase {
+        const char **data;
+        const char **expected;
+    };
+    const struct testcase tc[] = {
+        {.data = (const char *[]) {"abc", "123", NULL},
+         .expected = (const char *[]) {"abc", "123", NULL}},
+        {.data = (const char *[]) {"I", "have", "a", "pencil", "box", NULL},
+         .expected = (const char *[]) {"I", "have", "a", "pencil", "box", NULL}},
+    };
+
+    OMC_ASSERT(strdup_array(NULL) == NULL, "returned non-NULL on NULL argument");
+    for (size_t outer = 0; outer < sizeof(tc) / sizeof(*tc); outer++) {
+        char **result = strdup_array((char **) tc[outer].data);
+        OMC_ASSERT(strcmp_array((const char **) result, tc[outer].expected) == 0, "array members were different");
+    }
+
+    const struct testcase tc_bad[] = {
+            {.data = (const char *[]) {"ab", "123", NULL},
+                    .expected = (const char *[]) {"abc", "123", NULL}},
+            {.data = (const char *[]) {"have", "a", "pencil", "box", NULL},
+                    .expected = (const char *[]) {"I", "have", "a", "pencil", "box", NULL}},
+    };
+
+    OMC_ASSERT(strcmp_array(tc[0].data, NULL) > 0, "right argument is NULL, expected positive return");
+    OMC_ASSERT(strcmp_array(NULL, tc[0].data) < 0, "left argument is NULL, expected negative return");
+    OMC_ASSERT(strcmp_array(NULL, NULL) == 0, "left and right arguments are NULL, expected zero return");
+    for (size_t outer = 0; outer < sizeof(tc_bad) / sizeof(*tc_bad); outer++) {
+        char **result = strdup_array((char **) tc_bad[outer].data);
+        OMC_ASSERT(strcmp_array((const char **) result, tc_bad[outer].expected) != 0, "array members were identical");
+    }
+}
+
+void test_strchrdel() {
+    struct testcase {
+        const char *data;
+        const char *input;
+        const char *expected;
+    };
+    const struct testcase tc[] = {
+            {.data ="aaaabbbbcccc", .input = "ac", .expected = "bbbb"},
+            {.data = "1I 2have 3a 4pencil 5box.", .input = "1245", .expected = "I have 3a pencil box."},
+            {.data = "\v\v\vI\t\f  ha\tve   a\t    pen\tcil     b\tox.", .input = " \f\t\v", "Ihaveapencilbox."},
+    };
+
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(tc) / sizeof(*tc); i++) {
+        char *data = strdup(tc[i].data);
+        strchrdel(data, tc[i].input);
+        OMC_ASSERT(strcmp(data, tc[i].expected) == 0, "wrong status for condition");
+        guard_free(data);
+    }
+}
+
+void test_endswith() {
+    struct testcase {
+        const char *data;
+        const char *input;
+        const int expected;
+    };
+    struct testcase tc[] = {
+            {.data = "I have a pencil box.", .input = ".", .expected = true},
+            {.data = "I have a pencil box.", .input = "box.", .expected = true},
+            {.data = "I have a pencil box.", .input = "pencil box.", .expected = true},
+            {.data = "I have a pencil box.", .input = "a pencil box.", .expected = true},
+            {.data = "I have a pencil box.", .input = "have a pencil box.", .expected = true},
+            {.data = "I have a pencil box.", .input = "I have a pencil box.", .expected = true},
+            {.data = ".    ", .input = ".", .expected = false},
+            {.data = "I have a pencil box.", .input = "pencil box", .expected = false},
+            {.data = NULL, .input = "test", .expected = -1},
+            {.data = "I have a pencil box", .input = NULL, .expected = -1},
+            {.data = NULL, .input = NULL, .expected = -1},
+    };
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(tc) / sizeof(*tc); i++) {
+        int result = endswith(tc[i].data, tc[i].input);
+        OMC_ASSERT(result == tc[i].expected, "wrong status for condition");
+    }
+}
+
+void test_startswith() {
+    struct testcase {
+        const char *data;
+        const char *input;
+        const int expected;
+    };
+    struct testcase tc[] = {
+            {.data = "I have a pencil box.", .input = "I", .expected = true},
+            {.data = "I have a pencil box.", .input = "I have", .expected = true},
+            {.data = "I have a pencil box.", .input = "I have a", .expected = true},
+            {.data = "I have a pencil box.", .input = "I have a pencil", .expected = true},
+            {.data = "I have a pencil box.", .input = "I have a pencil box", .expected = true},
+            {.data = "I have a pencil box.", .input = "I have a pencil box.", .expected = true},
+            {.data = "    I have a pencil box.", .input = "I have", .expected = false},
+            {.data = "I have a pencil box.", .input = "pencil box", .expected = false},
+            {.data = NULL, .input = "test", .expected = -1},
+            {.data = "I have a pencil box", .input = NULL, .expected = -1},
+            {.data = NULL, .input = NULL, .expected = -1},
+    };
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(tc) / sizeof(*tc); i++) {
+        int result = startswith(tc[i].data, tc[i].input);
+        OMC_ASSERT(result == tc[i].expected, "wrong status for condition");
+    }
+}
+
+void test_num_chars() {
+    struct testcase {
+        const char *data;
+        const char input;
+        const int expected;
+    };
+    struct testcase tc[] = {
+            {.data = "         ", .input = ' ', .expected = 9},
+            {.data = "1 1 1 1 1", .input = '1', .expected = 5},
+            {.data = "abc\t\ndef\nabc\ndef\n", .input = 'c', .expected = 2},
+            {.data = "abc\t\ndef\nabc\ndef\n", .input = '\t', .expected = 1},
+    };
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(tc) / sizeof(*tc); i++) {
+        OMC_ASSERT(num_chars(tc[i].data, tc[i].input) == tc[i].expected, "incorrect number of characters detected");
+    }
+}
+
+void test_split() {
+    struct testcase {
+            const char *data;
+            const size_t max_split;
+            const char *delim;
+            const char **expected;
+    };
+    struct testcase tc[] = {
+            {.data = "a/b/c/d/e", .delim = "/", .max_split = 0, .expected = (const char *[]) {"a", "b", "c", "d", "e", NULL}},
+            {.data = "a/b/c/d/e", .delim = "/", .max_split = 1, .expected = (const char *[]) {"a", "b/c/d/e", NULL}},
+            {.data = "a/b/c/d/e", .delim = "/", .max_split = 2, .expected = (const char *[]) {"a", "b", "c/d/e", NULL}},
+            {.data = "a/b/c/d/e", .delim = "/", .max_split = 3, .expected = (const char *[]) {"a", "b", "c", "d/e", NULL}},
+            {.data = "a/b/c/d/e", .delim = "/", .max_split = 4, .expected = (const char *[]) {"a", "b", "c", "d", "e", NULL}},
+            {.data = "multiple words split n times", .delim = " ", .max_split = 0, .expected = (const char *[]) {"multiple", "words", "split", "n", "times", NULL}},
+            {.data = "multiple words split n times", .delim = " ", .max_split = 1, .expected = (const char *[]) {"multiple", "words split n times", NULL}},
+            {.data = NULL, .delim = NULL, NULL},
+    };
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(tc) / sizeof(*tc); i++) {
+        char **result;
+        result = split(tc[i].data, tc[i].delim, tc[i].max_split);
+        OMC_ASSERT(strcmp_array(result, tc[i].expected) == 0, "Split failed");
+        GENERIC_ARRAY_FREE(result);
+    }
+}
+
+void test_join() {
+    struct testcase {
+        const char **data;
+        const char *delim;
+        const char *expected;
+    };
+    struct testcase tc[] = {
+            {.data = (const char *[]) {"a", "b", "c", "d", "e", NULL}, .delim = "", .expected = "abcde"},
+            {.data = (const char *[]) {"a", NULL}, .delim = "", .expected = "a"},
+            {.data = (const char *[]) {"a", "word", "or", "two", NULL}, .delim = "/", .expected = "a/word/or/two"},
+            {.data = NULL, .delim = NULL, .expected = ""},
+    };
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(tc) / sizeof(*tc); i++) {
+        char *result;
+        result = join(tc[i].data, tc[i].delim);
+        OMC_ASSERT(strcmp(result ? result : "", tc[i].expected) == 0, "failed to join array");
+        guard_free(result);
+    }
+}
+
+void test_join_ex() {
+    struct testcase {
+        const char *delim;
+        const char *expected;
+    };
+    struct testcase tc[] = {
+            {.delim = "", .expected = "abcde"},
+            {.delim = "/", .expected = "a/b/c/d/e"},
+            {.delim = "\n", .expected = "a\nb\nc\nd\ne"},
+            {.delim = "\n\n", .expected = "a\n\nb\n\nc\n\nd\n\ne"},
+    };
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(tc) / sizeof(*tc); i++) {
+        char *result;
+        result = join_ex(tc[i].delim, "a", "b", "c", "d", "e", NULL);
+        OMC_ASSERT(strcmp(result ? result : "", tc[i].expected) == 0, "failed to join array");
+        guard_free(result);
+    }
+}
+
+void test_substring_between() {
+    struct testcase {
+        const char *data;
+        const char *delim;
+        const char *expected;
+    };
+    struct testcase tc[] = {
+            {.data = "I like {{adjective}} spaceships", .delim = "{{}}", .expected = "adjective"},
+            {.data = "I like {adjective} spaceships", .delim = "{}", .expected = "adjective"},
+            {.data = "one = 'two'", .delim = "''", .expected = "two"},
+            {.data = "I like {adjective> spaceships", .delim = "{}", .expected = ""}, // no match
+            {.data = NULL, .delim = NULL, .expected = ""}, // both arguments NULL
+            {.data = "nothing!", .delim = NULL, .expected = ""}, // null delim
+            {.data = "", .delim = "{}", .expected = ""}, // no match
+            {.data = NULL, .delim = "nothing!", .expected = ""}, // null sptr
+            {.data = "()", .delim = "(", .expected = ""}, // delim not divisible by 2
+            {.data = "()", .delim = "( )", .expected = ""}, // delim not divisible by 2
+            {.data = "nothing () here", .delim = "()", .expected = ""}, // nothing exists between delimiters
+    };
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(tc) / sizeof(*tc); i++) {
+        char *result = substring_between(tc[i].data, tc[i].delim);
+        printf("data = '%s', delim = '%s', expected = '%s', result = '%s'\n", tc[i].data, tc[i].delim, tc[i].expected, result);
+        OMC_ASSERT(strcmp(result ? result : "", tc[i].expected) == 0, "unable to extract substring");
+        guard_free(result);
+    }
+}
+
+void test_strdeldup() {
+    struct testcase {
+        const char **data;
+        const char **expected;
+    };
+    struct testcase tc[] = {
+        {.data = NULL, .expected = NULL},
+        {.data = (const char *[]) {"a", "a", "a", "b", "b", "b", "c", "c", "c", NULL}, .expected = (const char *[]) {"a", "b", "c", NULL}},
+        {.data = (const char *[]) {"a", "b", "c", "a", "b", "c", "a", "b", "c", NULL}, .expected = (const char *[]) {"a", "b", "c", NULL}},
+        {.data = (const char *[]) {"apple", "banana", "coconut", NULL}, .expected = (const char *[]) {"apple", "banana", "coconut", NULL}},
+        {.data = (const char *[]) {"apple", "banana", "apple", "coconut", NULL}, .expected = (const char *[]) {"apple", "banana", "coconut", NULL}},
+    };
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(tc) / sizeof(*tc); i++) {
+        char **result = strdeldup(tc[i].data);
+        OMC_ASSERT(strcmp_array(result, tc[i].expected) == 0, "incorrect number of duplicates removed");
+        GENERIC_ARRAY_FREE(result);
+    }
+}
+
+void test_strsort() {
+
+}
+
+void test_strstr_array() {
+
+}
+
+void test_lstrip() {
+    struct testcase {
+        const char *data;
+        const char *expected;
+    };
+    struct testcase tc[] = {
+        {.data = "I am a string.\n", .expected = "I am a string.\n"}, // left strip only
+        {.data = "I am a string.\n", .expected = "I am a string.\n"},
+        {.data = "\t\t\t\tI am a string.\n", .expected = "I am a string.\n"},
+        {.data = "    I    am a string.\n", .expected = "I    am a string.\n"},
+    };
+
+    OMC_ASSERT(lstrip(NULL) == NULL, "incorrect return type");
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(tc) / sizeof(*tc); i++) {
+        char *buf = calloc(255, sizeof(*buf));
+        char *result;
+        strcpy(buf, tc[i].data);
+        result = lstrip(buf);
+        OMC_ASSERT(strcmp(result ? result : "", tc[i].expected) == 0, "incorrect strip-from-left");
+        guard_free(buf);
+    }
+}
+
+void test_strip() {
+    struct testcase {
+        const char *data;
+        const char *expected;
+    };
+    struct testcase tc[] = {
+            {.data = "  I am a string.\n", .expected = "  I am a string."}, // right strip only
+            {.data = "\tI am a string.\n\t", .expected = "\tI am a string."},
+            {.data = "\t\t\t\tI am a string.\n", .expected = "\t\t\t\tI am a string."},
+            {.data = "I am a string.\n\n\n\n", .expected = "I am a string."},
+            {.data = "", .expected = ""},
+            {.data = " ", .expected = ""},
+    };
+
+    OMC_ASSERT(strip(NULL) == NULL, "incorrect return type");
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(tc) / sizeof(*tc); i++) {
+        char *buf = calloc(255, sizeof(*buf));
+        char *result;
+        strcpy(buf, tc[i].data);
+        result = strip(buf);
+        printf("result = '%s', expected = '%s'\n", result, tc[i].expected);
+        OMC_ASSERT(strcmp(result ? result : "", tc[i].expected) == 0, "incorrect strip-from-right");
+        guard_free(buf);
+    }
+}
+
+void test_isempty() {
+
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+    OMC_TEST_BEGIN_MAIN();
+    OMC_TEST_FUNC *tests[] = {
+            test_to_short_version,
+            test_tolower_s,
+            test_isdigit_s,
+            test_strdup_array_and_strcmp_array,
+            test_strchrdel,
+            test_strdeldup,
+            test_lstrip,
+            test_strip,
+            test_num_chars,
+            test_startswith,
+            test_endswith,
+            test_split,
+            test_join,
+            test_join_ex,
+            test_substring_between,
+    };
+    OMC_TEST_RUN(tests);
+    OMC_TEST_END_MAIN();
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_strlist.c b/tests/test_strlist.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6111013
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_strlist.c
@@ -0,0 +1,613 @@
+#include "testing.h"
+
+#define BOILERPLATE_TEST_STRLIST_AS_TYPE(FUNC, TYPE) \
+do { \
+    struct StrList *list; \
+    list = strlist_init(); \
+    puts("----");                                                 \
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(tc) / sizeof(*tc); i++) { \
+        strlist_append(&list, (char *) tc[i].data); \
+        result = FUNC(list, i);                      \
+        if (!strlist_errno) { \
+            OMC_ASSERT(result == (TYPE) tc[i].expected, "unexpected numeric result"); \
+        } \
+    } \
+    guard_strlist_free(&list); \
+} while (0)
+
+void test_strlist_init() {
+    struct StrList *list;
+    list = strlist_init();
+    OMC_ASSERT(list != NULL, "list should not be NULL");
+    OMC_ASSERT(list->num_alloc == 1, "fresh list should have one record allocated");
+    OMC_ASSERT(list->num_inuse == 0, "fresh list should have no records in use");
+    guard_strlist_free(&list);
+}
+
+void test_strlist_free() {
+    struct StrList *list;
+    list = strlist_init();
+    strlist_free(&list);
+    // Not entirely sure what to assert here. On failure, it'll probably segfault.
+}
+
+void test_strlist_append() {
+    struct testcase {
+        const char *data;
+        const size_t expected_in_use;
+        const char *expected;
+    };
+
+    struct testcase tc[] = {
+            {.data = "I have a pencil box.", .expected_in_use = 1},
+            {.data = "A rectangular pencil box.", .expected_in_use = 2},
+            {.data = "If I need a pencil I know where to get one.", .expected_in_use = 3},
+    };
+
+    struct StrList *list;
+    list = strlist_init();
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(tc) / sizeof(*tc); i++) {
+        strlist_append(&list, (char *) tc[i].data);
+        OMC_ASSERT(list->num_inuse == tc[i].expected_in_use, "incorrect number of records in use");
+        OMC_ASSERT(list->num_alloc == tc[i].expected_in_use + 1, "incorrect number of records allocated");
+        OMC_ASSERT(strcmp(strlist_item(list, i), tc[i].data) == 0, "value was appended incorrectly. data mismatch.");
+    }
+    guard_strlist_free(&list);
+}
+
+void test_strlist_append_many_records() {
+    struct StrList *list;
+    list = strlist_init();
+    size_t maxrec = 10240;
+    const char *data = "There are many strings but this one is mine.";
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < maxrec; i++) {
+        strlist_append(&list, (char *) data);
+    }
+    OMC_ASSERT(strlist_count(list) == maxrec, "record count mismatch");
+    guard_strlist_free(&list);
+}
+
+void test_strlist_set() {
+    struct StrList *list;
+    list = strlist_init();
+    size_t maxrec = 100;
+    const char *data = "There are many strings but this one is mine.";
+    const char *replacement_short = "A shorter string.";
+    const char *replacement_long = "A longer string ensures the array grows correctly.";
+    int set_resize_long_all_ok = 0;
+    int set_resize_short_all_ok = 0;
+
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < maxrec; i++) {
+        strlist_append(&list, (char *) data);
+    }
+
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < maxrec; i++) {
+        int result;
+        strlist_set(&list, i, (char *) replacement_long);
+        result = strcmp(strlist_item(list, i), replacement_long) == 0;
+        set_resize_long_all_ok += result;
+    }
+    OMC_ASSERT(set_resize_long_all_ok == (int) maxrec, "Replacing record with longer strings failed");
+
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < maxrec; i++) {
+        int result;
+        strlist_set(&list, i, (char *) replacement_short);
+        result = strcmp(strlist_item(list, i), replacement_short) == 0;
+        set_resize_short_all_ok += result;
+    }
+    OMC_ASSERT(set_resize_short_all_ok == (int) maxrec, "Replacing record with shorter strings failed");
+
+    OMC_ASSERT(strlist_count(list) == maxrec, "record count mismatch");
+    guard_strlist_free(&list);
+}
+
+void test_strlist_append_file() {
+    struct testcase {
+        const char *origin;
+        const char **expected;
+    };
+    const char *expected[] = {
+            "Do not delete this file.\n",
+            "Do not delete this file.\n",
+            "Do not delete this file.\n",
+            "Do not delete this file.\n",
+    };
+    const char *local_filename = "test_strlist_append_file.txt";
+
+    struct testcase tc[] = {
+            {.origin = "https://ssb.stsci.edu/jhunk/omc_test/test_strlist_append_file_from_remote.txt", .expected = expected},
+            {.origin = local_filename, .expected = expected},
+    };
+
+    FILE *fp;
+    fp = fopen(local_filename, "w");
+    if (!fp) {
+        OMC_ASSERT(false, "unable to open local file for writing");
+    }
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(expected) / sizeof(*expected); i++) {
+        fprintf(fp, "%s", expected[i]);
+    }
+    fclose(fp);
+
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(tc) / sizeof(*tc); i++) {
+        struct StrList *list;
+        list = strlist_init();
+        strlist_append_file(list, (char *) tc[i].origin, NULL);
+        for (size_t z = 0; z < strlist_count(list); z++) {
+            const char *left;
+            const char *right;
+            left = strlist_item(list, z);
+            right = expected[z];
+            OMC_ASSERT(strcmp(left, right) == 0, "file content is different than expected");
+        }
+        OMC_ASSERT(strcmp_array(list->data, expected) == 0, "file contents does not match expected values");
+        guard_strlist_free(&list);
+    }
+}
+
+void test_strlist_append_strlist() {
+    struct StrList *left;
+    struct StrList *right;
+    left = strlist_init();
+    right = strlist_init();
+
+    strlist_append(&right, "A");
+    strlist_append(&right, "B");
+    strlist_append(&right, "C");
+    strlist_append_strlist(left, right);
+    OMC_ASSERT(strlist_cmp(left, right) == 0, "left and right should be identical");
+    strlist_append_strlist(left, right);
+    OMC_ASSERT(strlist_cmp(left, right) == 1, "left and right should be different");
+    OMC_ASSERT(strlist_count(left) > strlist_count(right), "left should be larger than right");
+    guard_strlist_free(&left);
+    guard_strlist_free(&right);
+}
+
+void test_strlist_append_array() {
+    const char *data[] = {
+            "Appending",
+            "Some",
+            "Data",
+            NULL,
+    };
+    struct StrList *list;
+    list = strlist_init();
+    strlist_append_array(list, (char **) data);
+    size_t result = 0;
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < strlist_count(list); i++) {
+        char *item = strlist_item(list, i);
+        result += strcmp(item, data[i]) == 0;
+    }
+    OMC_ASSERT(result == strlist_count(list), "result is not identical to input");
+    guard_strlist_free(&list);
+}
+
+void test_strlist_append_tokenize() {
+    const char *data = "This is a test.\nWe will split this string\ninto three list records\n";
+    size_t line_count = num_chars(data, '\n');
+    struct StrList *list;
+    list = strlist_init();
+    strlist_append_tokenize(list, (char *) data, "\n");
+    // note: the trailing '\n' in the data is parsed as a token
+    OMC_ASSERT(line_count + 1 == strlist_count(list), "unexpected number of lines in array");
+    int trailing_item_is_empty = isempty(strlist_item(list, strlist_count(list) - 1));
+    OMC_ASSERT(trailing_item_is_empty, "trailing record should be an empty string");
+    guard_strlist_free(&list);
+}
+
+void test_strlist_copy() {
+    struct StrList *list = strlist_init();
+    struct StrList *list_copy;
+
+    strlist_append(&list, "Make a copy");
+    strlist_append(&list, "of this data");
+    strlist_append(&list, "1:1, please");
+
+    OMC_ASSERT(strlist_copy(NULL) == NULL, "NULL argument should return NULL");
+
+    list_copy = strlist_copy(list);
+    OMC_ASSERT(strlist_cmp(list, list_copy) == 0, "list was copied incorrectly");
+    guard_strlist_free(&list);
+    guard_strlist_free(&list_copy);
+}
+
+void test_strlist_remove() {
+    const char *data[] = {
+        "keep this",
+        "remove this",
+        "keep this",
+        "remove this",
+        "keep this",
+        "remove this",
+    };
+    struct StrList *list;
+    list = strlist_init();
+    size_t data_size = sizeof(data) / sizeof(*data);
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < data_size; i++) {
+        strlist_append(&list, (char *) data[i]);
+    }
+
+    size_t len_before = strlist_count(list);
+    size_t removed = 0;
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < len_before; i++) {
+        char *item = strlist_item(list, i);
+        if (startswith(item, "remove")) {
+            strlist_remove(list, i);
+            removed++;
+        }
+    }
+    size_t len_after = strlist_count(list);
+    OMC_ASSERT(len_before == data_size, "list length before modification is incorrect. new records?");
+    OMC_ASSERT(len_after == (len_before - removed), "list length after modification is incorrect. not enough records removed.");
+    
+    guard_strlist_free(&list);
+}
+
+void test_strlist_cmp() {
+    struct StrList *left;
+    struct StrList *right;
+
+    left = strlist_init();
+    right = strlist_init();
+    OMC_ASSERT(strlist_cmp(NULL, NULL) == -1, "NULL first argument should return -1");
+    OMC_ASSERT(strlist_cmp(left, NULL) == -2, "NULL second argument should return -2");
+    OMC_ASSERT(strlist_cmp(left, right) == 0, "should be the same");
+    strlist_append(&left, "left");
+    OMC_ASSERT(strlist_cmp(left, right) == 1, "should return 1");
+    strlist_append(&right, "right");
+    OMC_ASSERT(strlist_cmp(left, right) == 1, "should return 1");
+    strlist_append(&left, "left again");
+    strlist_append(&left, "left again");
+    strlist_append(&left, "left again");
+    OMC_ASSERT(strlist_cmp(left, right) == 1, "should return 1");
+    OMC_ASSERT(strlist_cmp(right, left) == 1, "should return 1");
+    guard_strlist_free(&left);
+    guard_strlist_free(&right);
+}
+
+void test_strlist_reverse() {
+    const char *data[] = {
+        "a", "b", "c", "d"
+    };
+    const char *expected[] = {
+        "d", "c", "b", "a"
+    };
+    struct StrList *list;
+    list = strlist_init();
+    strlist_append_array(list, (char **) data);
+
+    strlist_reverse(list);
+    int result = 0;
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < strlist_count(list); i++) {
+        char *item = strlist_item(list, i);
+        result += strcmp(item, expected[i]) == 0;
+    }
+    OMC_ASSERT(result == (int) strlist_count(list), "alphabetic sort failed");
+    guard_strlist_free(&list);
+}
+
+void test_strlist_count() {
+    struct StrList *list;
+    list = strlist_init();
+    strlist_append(&list, "abc");
+    strlist_append(&list, "123");
+    strlist_append(&list, "def");
+    strlist_append(&list, "456");
+    OMC_ASSERT(strlist_count(NULL) == 0, "NULL input should produce a zero result");
+    OMC_ASSERT(strlist_count(list) == 4, "incorrect record count");
+
+    guard_strlist_free(&list);
+}
+
+void test_strlist_sort_alphabetic() {
+    const char *data[] = {
+        "b", "c", "d", "a"
+    };
+    const char *expected[] = {
+        "a", "b", "c", "d"
+    };
+    struct StrList *list;
+    list = strlist_init();
+    strlist_append_array(list, (char **) data);
+
+    strlist_sort(list, OMC_SORT_ALPHA);
+    int result = 0;
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < strlist_count(list); i++) {
+        char *item = strlist_item(list, i);
+        result += strcmp(item, expected[i]) == 0;
+    }
+    OMC_ASSERT(result == (int) strlist_count(list), "alphabetic sort failed");
+    guard_strlist_free(&list);
+}
+
+void test_strlist_sort_len_ascending() {
+    const char *data[] = {
+            "bb", "ccc", "dddd", "a"
+    };
+    const char *expected[] = {
+            "a", "bb", "ccc", "dddd"
+    };
+    struct StrList *list;
+    list = strlist_init();
+    strlist_append_array(list, (char **) data);
+
+    strlist_sort(list, OMC_SORT_LEN_ASCENDING);
+    int result = 0;
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < strlist_count(list); i++) {
+        char *item = strlist_item(list, i);
+        result += strcmp(item, expected[i]) == 0;
+    }
+    OMC_ASSERT(result == (int) strlist_count(list), "ascending sort failed");
+    guard_strlist_free(&list);
+}
+
+void test_strlist_sort_len_descending() {
+    const char *data[] = {
+            "bb", "ccc", "dddd", "a"
+    };
+    const char *expected[] = {
+            "dddd", "ccc", "bb", "a"
+    };
+    struct StrList *list;
+    list = strlist_init();
+    strlist_append_array(list, (char **) data);
+
+    strlist_sort(list, OMC_SORT_LEN_DESCENDING);
+    int result = 0;
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < strlist_count(list); i++) {
+        char *item = strlist_item(list, i);
+        result += strcmp(item, expected[i]) == 0;
+    }
+    OMC_ASSERT(result == (int) strlist_count(list), "descending sort failed");
+    guard_strlist_free(&list);
+}
+
+void test_strlist_item_as_str() {
+    struct StrList *list;
+    list = strlist_init();
+    strlist_append(&list, "hello");
+    OMC_ASSERT(strcmp(strlist_item_as_str(list, 0), "hello") == 0, "unexpected string result");
+    guard_strlist_free(&list);
+}
+
+void test_strlist_item_as_char() {
+    char result = 0;
+    struct testcase {
+        const char *data;
+        const char expected;
+    };
+    struct testcase tc[] = {
+            {.data = "-129", .expected = 127}, // rollover
+            {.data = "-128", .expected = -128},
+            {.data = "-1", .expected = -1},
+            {.data = "1", .expected = 1},
+            {.data = "127", .expected = 127},
+            {.data = "128", .expected = -128}, // rollover
+            {.data = "abc", .expected = 0}, // error
+    };
+
+    BOILERPLATE_TEST_STRLIST_AS_TYPE(strlist_item_as_char, char);
+}
+
+void test_strlist_item_as_uchar() {
+    int result;
+    struct testcase {
+        const char *data;
+        const unsigned char expected;
+    };
+    struct testcase tc[] = {
+        {.data = "-1", .expected = 255},
+        {.data = "1", .expected = 1},
+        {.data = "255", .expected = 255},
+        {.data = "abc", .expected = 0}, // error
+    };
+
+    BOILERPLATE_TEST_STRLIST_AS_TYPE(strlist_item_as_uchar, unsigned char);
+}
+
+void test_strlist_item_as_short() {
+    int result;
+    struct testcase {
+        const char *data;
+        const short expected;
+    };
+    struct testcase tc[] = {
+            {.data = "-32769", .expected = 32767}, // rollover
+            {.data = "-32768", .expected = -32768},
+            {.data = "-1", .expected = -1},
+            {.data = "1", .expected = 1},
+            {.data = "32767", .expected = 32767},
+            {.data = "32768", .expected = -32768}, // rollover
+            {.data = "abc", .expected = 0}, // error
+    };
+
+    BOILERPLATE_TEST_STRLIST_AS_TYPE(strlist_item_as_short, short);
+}
+
+void test_strlist_item_as_ushort() {
+    int result;
+    struct testcase {
+        const char *data;
+        const unsigned short expected;
+    };
+    struct testcase tc[] = {
+            {.data = "-1", .expected = 65535},
+            {.data = "1", .expected = 1},
+            {.data = "65535", .expected = 65535},
+            {.data = "65536", .expected = 0}, // rollover
+            {.data = "abc", .expected = 0}, // error
+    };
+
+    BOILERPLATE_TEST_STRLIST_AS_TYPE(strlist_item_as_ushort, unsigned short);
+}
+
+// From here on the values are different between architectures. Do very basic tests.
+void test_strlist_item_as_int() {
+    int result;
+    struct testcase {
+        const char *data;
+        const int expected;
+    };
+    struct testcase tc[] = {
+            {.data = "-1", .expected = -1},
+            {.data = "1", .expected = 1},
+            {.data = "abc", .expected = 0}, // error
+    };
+
+    BOILERPLATE_TEST_STRLIST_AS_TYPE(strlist_item_as_int, int);
+}
+
+void test_strlist_item_as_uint() {
+    unsigned int result;
+    struct testcase {
+        const char *data;
+        const unsigned int expected;
+    };
+    struct testcase tc[] = {
+            {.data = "-1", .expected = UINT_MAX},
+            {.data = "1", .expected = 1},
+            {.data = "abc", .expected = 0}, // error
+    };
+
+    BOILERPLATE_TEST_STRLIST_AS_TYPE(strlist_item_as_uint, unsigned int);
+}
+
+void test_strlist_item_as_long() {
+    long result;
+    struct testcase {
+        const char *data;
+        const long expected;
+    };
+    struct testcase tc[] = {
+            {.data = "-1", .expected = -1},
+            {.data = "1", .expected = 1},
+            {.data = "abc", .expected = 0}, // error
+    };
+
+    BOILERPLATE_TEST_STRLIST_AS_TYPE(strlist_item_as_long, long);
+}
+
+void test_strlist_item_as_ulong() {
+    unsigned long result;
+    struct testcase {
+        const char *data;
+        const unsigned long expected;
+    };
+    struct testcase tc[] = {
+            {.data = "-1", .expected = ULONG_MAX},
+            {.data = "1", .expected = 1},
+            {.data = "abc", .expected = 0}, // error
+    };
+
+    BOILERPLATE_TEST_STRLIST_AS_TYPE(strlist_item_as_ulong, unsigned long);
+}
+
+void test_strlist_item_as_long_long() {
+    long long result;
+    struct testcase {
+        const char *data;
+        const long long expected;
+    };
+    struct testcase tc[] = {
+            {.data = "-1", .expected = -1},
+            {.data = "1", .expected = 1},
+            {.data = "abc", .expected = 0}, // error
+    };
+
+    BOILERPLATE_TEST_STRLIST_AS_TYPE(strlist_item_as_long_long, long long);
+}
+
+void test_strlist_item_as_ulong_long() {
+    unsigned long long result;
+    struct testcase {
+        const char *data;
+        const unsigned long long expected;
+    };
+    struct testcase tc[] = {
+            {.data = "-1", .expected = ULLONG_MAX},
+            {.data = "1", .expected = 1},
+            {.data = "abc", .expected = 0}, // error
+    };
+
+    BOILERPLATE_TEST_STRLIST_AS_TYPE(strlist_item_as_ulong_long, unsigned long long);
+}
+
+void test_strlist_item_as_float() {
+    float result;
+    struct testcase {
+        const char *data;
+        const float expected;
+    };
+    struct testcase tc[] = {
+            {.data = "1.0", .expected = 1.0f},
+    };
+
+    BOILERPLATE_TEST_STRLIST_AS_TYPE(strlist_item_as_float, float);
+}
+
+void test_strlist_item_as_double() {
+    double result;
+    struct testcase {
+        const char *data;
+        const double expected;
+    };
+    struct testcase tc[] = {
+            {.data = "1.0", .expected = 1.0f},
+            {.data = "abc", .expected = 0}, // error
+    };
+
+    BOILERPLATE_TEST_STRLIST_AS_TYPE(strlist_item_as_float, double);
+}
+
+void test_strlist_item_as_long_double() {
+    long double result;
+    struct testcase {
+        const char *data;
+        const long double expected;
+    };
+    struct testcase tc[] = {
+            {.data = "1.0", .expected = 1.0f},
+            {.data = "abc", .expected = 0}, // error
+    };
+
+    BOILERPLATE_TEST_STRLIST_AS_TYPE(strlist_item_as_float, long double);
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+    OMC_TEST_BEGIN_MAIN();
+    OMC_TEST_FUNC *tests[] = {
+        test_strlist_init,
+        test_strlist_free,
+        test_strlist_append,
+        test_strlist_append_many_records,
+        test_strlist_set,
+        test_strlist_append_file,
+        test_strlist_append_strlist,
+        test_strlist_append_tokenize,
+        test_strlist_append_array,
+        test_strlist_copy,
+        test_strlist_remove,
+        test_strlist_cmp,
+        test_strlist_sort_alphabetic,
+        test_strlist_sort_len_ascending,
+        test_strlist_sort_len_descending,
+        test_strlist_reverse,
+        test_strlist_count,
+        test_strlist_item_as_str,
+        test_strlist_item_as_char,
+        test_strlist_item_as_uchar,
+        test_strlist_item_as_short,
+        test_strlist_item_as_ushort,
+        test_strlist_item_as_int,
+        test_strlist_item_as_uint,
+        test_strlist_item_as_long,
+        test_strlist_item_as_ulong,
+        test_strlist_item_as_long_long,
+        test_strlist_item_as_ulong_long,
+        test_strlist_item_as_float,
+        test_strlist_item_as_double,
+        test_strlist_item_as_long_double,
+    };
+    OMC_TEST_RUN(tests);
+    OMC_TEST_END_MAIN();
+}
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diff --git a/tests/test_system.c b/tests/test_system.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf60222
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_system.c
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+#include "testing.h"
+
+static int ascii_file_contains(const char *filename, const char *value) {
+    int result = -1;
+    char *contents = omc_testing_read_ascii(filename);
+    if (!contents) {
+        perror(filename);
+        return result;
+    }
+    result = strcmp(contents, value) == 0;
+    guard_free(contents);
+    return result;
+}
+
+void test_shell_output_null_args() {
+    char *result;
+    int status;
+    result = shell_output(NULL, &status);
+    OMC_ASSERT(strcmp(result, "") == 0, "no output expected");
+    OMC_ASSERT(status != 0, "expected a non-zero exit code due to null argument string");
+}
+
+void test_shell_output_non_zero_exit() {
+    char *result;
+    int status;
+    result = shell_output("HELLO1234 WORLD", &status);
+    OMC_ASSERT(strcmp(result, "") == 0, "no output expected");
+    OMC_ASSERT(status != 0, "expected a non-zero exit code due to intentional error");
+}
+
+void test_shell_output() {
+    char *result;
+    int status;
+    result = shell_output("echo HELLO WORLD", &status);
+    OMC_ASSERT(strcmp(result, "HELLO WORLD\n") == 0, "output message was incorrect");
+    OMC_ASSERT(status == 0, "expected zero exit code");
+}
+
+void test_shell_safe() {
+    struct Process proc;
+    memset(&proc, 0, sizeof(proc));
+    shell_safe(&proc, "true");
+    OMC_ASSERT(proc.returncode == 0, "expected a zero exit code");
+}
+
+void test_shell_safe_verify_restrictions() {
+    struct Process proc;
+
+    const char *invalid_chars = OMC_SHELL_SAFE_RESTRICT;
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < strlen(invalid_chars); i++) {
+        char cmd[PATH_MAX] = {0};
+        memset(&proc, 0, sizeof(proc));
+
+        sprintf(cmd, "true%c false", invalid_chars[i]);
+        shell_safe(&proc, cmd);
+        OMC_ASSERT(proc.returncode == -1, "expected a negative result due to intentional error");
+    }
+}
+
+void test_shell_null_proc() {
+    int returncode = shell(NULL, "true");
+    OMC_ASSERT(returncode == 0, "expected a zero exit code");
+}
+
+void test_shell_null_args() {
+    struct Process proc;
+    memset(&proc, 0, sizeof(proc));
+    shell(&proc, NULL);
+    OMC_ASSERT(proc.returncode < 0, "expected a non-zero/negative exit code");
+}
+
+void test_shell_exit() {
+    struct Process proc;
+    memset(&proc, 0, sizeof(proc));
+    shell(&proc, "true");
+    OMC_ASSERT(proc.returncode == 0, "expected a zero exit code");
+}
+
+void test_shell_non_zero_exit() {
+    struct Process proc;
+    memset(&proc, 0, sizeof(proc));
+    shell(&proc, "false");
+    OMC_ASSERT(proc.returncode != 0, "expected a non-zero exit code");
+}
+
+void test_shell() {
+    struct Process procs[] = {
+            {.f_stdout = "", .f_stderr = "", .redirect_stderr = 0, .returncode = 0},
+            {.f_stdout = "stdout.log", .f_stderr = "", .redirect_stderr = 0, .returncode = 0},
+            {.f_stdout = "", .f_stderr = "stderr.log", .redirect_stderr = 0, .returncode = 0},
+            {.f_stdout = "stdouterr.log", .f_stderr = "", .redirect_stderr = 1, .returncode = 0},
+    };
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(procs) / sizeof(*procs); i++) {
+        shell(&procs[i], "echo test_stdout; echo test_stderr >&2");
+        struct Process *proc = &procs[i];
+        switch (i) {
+            case 0:
+                OMC_ASSERT(proc->returncode == 0, "echo should not fail");
+                break;
+            case 1:
+                OMC_ASSERT(proc->returncode == 0, "echo should not fail");
+                OMC_ASSERT(access(proc->f_stdout, F_OK) == 0, "stdout.log should exist");
+                OMC_ASSERT(access(proc->f_stderr, F_OK) != 0, "stderr.log should not exist");
+                OMC_ASSERT(ascii_file_contains(proc->f_stdout, "test_stdout\n"), "output file did not contain test message");
+                remove(proc->f_stdout);
+                break;
+            case 2:
+                OMC_ASSERT(proc->returncode == 0, "echo should not fail");
+                OMC_ASSERT(access(proc->f_stdout, F_OK) != 0, "stdout.log should not exist");
+                OMC_ASSERT(access(proc->f_stderr, F_OK) == 0, "stderr.log should exist");
+                OMC_ASSERT(ascii_file_contains(proc->f_stderr, "test_stderr\n"), "output file did not contain test message");
+                remove(proc->f_stderr);
+                break;
+            case 3:
+                OMC_ASSERT(proc->returncode == 0, "echo should not fail");
+                OMC_ASSERT(access("stdouterr.log", F_OK) == 0, "stdouterr.log should exist");
+                OMC_ASSERT(access("stderr.log", F_OK) != 0, "stdout.log should not exist");
+                OMC_ASSERT(access("stderr.log", F_OK) != 0, "stderr.log should not exist");
+                OMC_ASSERT(ascii_file_contains(proc->f_stdout, "test_stdout\ntest_stderr\n"), "output file did not contain test message");
+                remove(proc->f_stdout);
+                remove(proc->f_stderr);
+                break;
+            default:
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+    OMC_TEST_BEGIN_MAIN();
+    OMC_TEST_FUNC *tests[] = {
+        test_shell_output_null_args,
+        test_shell_output_non_zero_exit,
+        test_shell_output,
+        test_shell_safe_verify_restrictions,
+        test_shell_safe,
+        test_shell_null_proc,
+        test_shell_null_args,
+        test_shell_non_zero_exit,
+        test_shell_exit,
+        test_shell,
+    };
+    OMC_TEST_RUN(tests);
+    OMC_TEST_END_MAIN();
+}
diff --git a/tests/test_template.c b/tests/test_template.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fda860a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_template.c
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+#include "testing.h"
+
+extern void tpl_reset();
+extern struct tpl_item *tpl_pool[];
+extern unsigned tpl_pool_used;
+extern unsigned tpl_pool_func_used;
+
+
+static int adder(struct tplfunc_frame *frame, void *result) {
+    int a = (int) strtol(frame->argv[0].t_char_ptr, NULL, 10);
+    int b = (int) strtol(frame->argv[1].t_char_ptr, NULL, 10);
+    sprintf(result, "%d", a + b);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int subtractor(struct tplfunc_frame *frame, void *result) {
+    int a = (int) strtol(frame->argv[0].t_char_ptr, NULL, 10);
+    int b = (int) strtol(frame->argv[1].t_char_ptr, NULL, 10);
+    sprintf(result, "%d", a - b);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int multiplier(struct tplfunc_frame *frame, void *result) {
+    int a = (int) strtol(frame->argv[0].t_char_ptr, NULL, 10);
+    int b = (int) strtol(frame->argv[1].t_char_ptr, NULL, 10);
+    sprintf(result, "%d", a * b);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int divider(struct tplfunc_frame *frame, void *result) {
+    int a = (int) strtol(frame->argv[0].t_char_ptr, NULL, 10);
+    int b = (int) strtol(frame->argv[1].t_char_ptr, NULL, 10);
+    sprintf(result, "%d", a / b);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+void test_tpl_workflow() {
+    char *data = strdup("Hello world!");
+    tpl_reset();
+    tpl_register("hello_message", &data);
+
+    OMC_ASSERT(strcmp(tpl_render("I said, \"{{ hello_message }}\""), "I said, \"Hello world!\"") == 0, "stored value in key is incorrect");
+    setenv("HELLO", "Hello environment!", 1);
+    OMC_ASSERT(strcmp(tpl_render("{{ env:HELLO }}"), "Hello environment!") == 0, "environment variable content mismatch");
+    unsetenv("HELLO");
+    guard_free(data);
+}
+
+void test_tpl_register() {
+    char *data = strdup("Hello world!");
+    tpl_reset();
+    unsigned used_before_register = tpl_pool_used;
+    tpl_register("hello_message", &data);
+
+    OMC_ASSERT(tpl_pool_used == (used_before_register + 1), "tpl_register did not increment allocation counter");
+    OMC_ASSERT(tpl_pool[used_before_register] != NULL, "register did not allocate a tpl_item record in the pool");
+    free(data);
+}
+
+void test_tpl_register_func() {
+    tpl_reset();
+    struct tplfunc_frame tasks[] = {
+            {.key = "add", .argc = 2, .func = adder},
+            {.key = "sub", .argc = 2, .func = subtractor},
+            {.key = "mul", .argc = 2, .func = multiplier},
+            {.key = "div", .argc = 2, .func = divider},
+    };
+    tpl_register_func("add", &tasks[0]);
+    tpl_register_func("sub", &tasks[1]);
+    tpl_register_func("mul", &tasks[2]);
+    tpl_register_func("div", &tasks[3]);
+    OMC_ASSERT(tpl_pool_func_used == sizeof(tasks) / sizeof(*tasks), "unexpected function pool used");
+
+    char *result = NULL;
+    result = tpl_render("{{ func:add(0,3) }}");
+    OMC_ASSERT(result != NULL && strcmp(result, "3") == 0, "Answer was not 3");
+    result = tpl_render("{{ func:add(1,2) }}");
+    OMC_ASSERT(result != NULL && strcmp(result, "3") == 0, "Answer was not 3");
+    result = tpl_render("{{ func:sub(6,3) }}");
+    OMC_ASSERT(result != NULL && strcmp(result, "3") == 0, "Answer was not 3");
+    result = tpl_render("{{ func:sub(4,1) }}");
+    OMC_ASSERT(result != NULL && strcmp(result, "3") == 0, "Answer was not 3");
+    result = tpl_render("{{ func:mul(1,   3) }}");
+    OMC_ASSERT(result != NULL && strcmp(result, "3") == 0, "Answer was not 3");
+    result = tpl_render("{{ func:div(6,2) }}");
+    OMC_ASSERT(result != NULL && strcmp(result, "3") == 0, "Answer was not 3");
+    result = tpl_render("{{ func:div(3,1) }}");
+    OMC_ASSERT(result != NULL && strcmp(result, "3") == 0, "Answer was not 3");
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+    OMC_TEST_BEGIN_MAIN();
+    OMC_TEST_FUNC *tests[] = {
+        test_tpl_workflow,
+        test_tpl_register_func,
+        test_tpl_register,
+    };
+    OMC_TEST_RUN(tests);
+    OMC_TEST_END_MAIN();
+}
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diff --git a/tests/test_utils.c b/tests/test_utils.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cada76d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_utils.c
@@ -0,0 +1,477 @@
+#include "testing.h"
+
+char cwd_start[PATH_MAX];
+char cwd_workspace[PATH_MAX];
+extern char *dirstack[];
+extern const ssize_t dirstack_max;
+extern ssize_t dirstack_len;
+
+void test_listdir() {
+    const char *dirs[] = {
+            "test_listdir",
+            "test_listdir/1",
+            "test_listdir/2",
+            "test_listdir/3",
+    };
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(dirs) / sizeof(*dirs); i++) {
+        mkdir(dirs[i], 0755);
+    }
+    struct StrList *listing;
+    listing = listdir(dirs[0]);
+    OMC_ASSERT(listing != NULL, "listdir failed");
+    OMC_ASSERT(listing && (strlist_count(listing) == (sizeof(dirs) / sizeof(*dirs)) - 1), "should have 3");
+    guard_strlist_free(&listing);
+}
+
+void test_redact_sensitive() {
+    const char *data[] = {
+            "100 dollars!",
+            "bananas apples pears",
+            "have a safe trip",
+    };
+    const char *to_redact[] = {
+            "dollars",
+            "bananas",
+            "have a safe trip",
+            NULL,
+    };
+    const char *expected[] = {
+            "100 ***REDACTED***!",
+            "***REDACTED*** apples pears",
+            "***REDACTED***",
+    };
+
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(data) / sizeof(*data); i++) {
+        char *input = strdup(data[i]);
+        char output[100] = {0};
+        redact_sensitive(to_redact, input, output, sizeof(output) - 1);
+        OMC_ASSERT(strcmp(output, expected[i]) == 0, "incorrect redaction");
+    }
+}
+
+void test_fix_tox_conf() {
+    const char *filename = "tox.ini";
+    const char *data = "[testenv]\n"
+                       "key_before = 1\n"
+                       "commands = pytest -sx tests\n"
+                       "key_after = 2\n";
+    const char *expected = "{posargs}\n";
+    char *result = NULL;
+    FILE *fp;
+
+    remove(filename);
+    fp = fopen(filename, "w");
+    if (fp) {
+        fprintf(fp, "%s", data);
+        fclose(fp);
+        OMC_ASSERT(fix_tox_conf(filename, &result) == 0, "fix_tox_conf failed");
+    } else {
+        OMC_ASSERT(false, "writing mock tox.ini failed");
+    }
+
+    char **lines = file_readlines(result, 0, 0, NULL);
+    OMC_ASSERT(strstr_array(lines, expected) != NULL, "{posargs} not found in result");
+
+    remove(result);
+    guard_free(result);
+}
+
+void test_xml_pretty_print_in_place() {
+    FILE *fp;
+    const char *filename = "ugly.xml";
+    const char *data = "<things><abc>123</abc><abc>321</abc></things>";
+    const char *expected = "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>\n"
+                           "<things>\n"
+                           "  <abc>123</abc>\n"
+                           "  <abc>321</abc>\n"
+                           "</things>\n";
+
+    remove(filename);
+    fp = fopen(filename, "w");
+    if (fp) {
+        fprintf(fp, "%s", data);
+        fclose(fp);
+        OMC_ASSERT(xml_pretty_print_in_place(
+                filename,
+                OMC_XML_PRETTY_PRINT_PROG,
+                OMC_XML_PRETTY_PRINT_ARGS) == 0,
+                   "xml pretty print failed (xmllint not installed?)");
+    } else {
+        OMC_ASSERT(false, "failed to create input file");
+    }
+
+    fp = fopen(filename, "r");
+    char buf[BUFSIZ] = {0};
+    if (fread(buf, sizeof(*buf), sizeof(buf) - 1, fp) < 1) {
+        OMC_ASSERT(false, "failed to consume formatted xml file contents");
+    }
+    OMC_ASSERT(strcmp(expected, buf) == 0, "xml file was not reformatted");
+}
+
+void test_path_store() {
+    char *dest = NULL;
+    chdir(cwd_workspace);
+    int result = path_store(&dest, PATH_MAX, cwd_workspace, "test_path_store");
+    OMC_ASSERT(result == 0, "path_store encountered an error");
+    OMC_ASSERT(dest != NULL, "dest should not be NULL");
+    OMC_ASSERT(dest && (access(dest, F_OK) == 0), "destination path was not created");
+    rmtree(dest);
+}
+
+void test_isempty_dir() {
+    const char *dname = "test_isempty_dir";
+    rmtree(dname);
+    mkdir(dname, 0755);
+    OMC_ASSERT(isempty_dir(dname) > 0, "empty directory went undetected");
+
+    char path[PATH_MAX];
+    sprintf(path, "%s/file.txt", dname);
+    touch(path);
+
+    OMC_ASSERT(isempty_dir(dname) == 0, "populated directory went undetected");
+}
+
+void test_xmkstemp() {
+    FILE *tempfp = NULL;
+    char *tempfile;
+    const char *data = "Hello, world!\n";
+
+    tempfile = xmkstemp(&tempfp, "w");
+    OMC_ASSERT(tempfile != NULL, "failed to create temporary file");
+    fprintf(tempfp, "%s", data);
+    fclose(tempfp);
+
+    char buf[100] = {0};
+    tempfp = fopen(tempfile, "r");
+    fgets(buf, sizeof(buf) - 1, tempfp);
+    fclose(tempfp);
+
+    OMC_ASSERT(strcmp(buf, data) == 0, "data written to temp file is incorrect");
+    remove(tempfile);
+    free(tempfile);
+}
+
+void test_msg() {
+    int flags_indent[] = {
+        0,
+        OMC_MSG_L1,
+        OMC_MSG_L2,
+        OMC_MSG_L3,
+    };
+    int flags_info[] = {
+        //OMC_MSG_NOP,
+        OMC_MSG_SUCCESS,
+        OMC_MSG_WARN,
+        OMC_MSG_ERROR,
+        //OMC_MSG_RESTRICT,
+    };
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(flags_indent) / sizeof(*flags_indent); i++) {
+        for (size_t x = 0; x < sizeof(flags_info) / sizeof(*flags_info); x++) {
+            msg(flags_info[x] | flags_indent[i], "Indent level %zu...Message %zu\n", i, x);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+void test_git_clone_and_describe() {
+    struct Process proc;
+    memset(&proc, 0, sizeof(proc));
+    const char *local_workspace = "test_git_clone";
+    const char *repo = "localrepo";
+    const char *repo_git = "localrepo.git";
+    char *cwd = getcwd(NULL, PATH_MAX);
+
+    // remove the bare repo, and local clone
+    rmtree(repo);
+    rmtree(repo_git);
+
+    mkdir(local_workspace, 0755);
+    chdir(local_workspace);
+
+    // initialize a bare repo so we can clone it
+    char init_cmd[PATH_MAX];
+    sprintf(init_cmd, "git init --bare %s", repo_git);
+    system(init_cmd);
+
+    // clone the bare repo
+    OMC_ASSERT(git_clone(&proc, repo_git, repo, NULL) == 0,
+               "a local clone of bare repository should have succeeded");
+    chdir(repo);
+
+    // interact with it
+    touch("README.md");
+    system("git add README.md");
+    system("git commit --no-gpg-sign -m Test");
+    system("git push -u origin");
+    system("git --no-pager log");
+
+    // test git_describe is functional
+    char *taginfo_none = git_describe(".");
+    OMC_ASSERT(taginfo_none != NULL, "should be a git hash, not NULL");
+
+    system("git tag -a 1.0.0 -m Mock");
+    system("git push --tags origin");
+    char *taginfo = git_describe(".");
+    OMC_ASSERT(taginfo != NULL, "should be 1.0.0, not NULL");
+    OMC_ASSERT(strcmp(taginfo, "1.0.0") == 0, "just-created tag was not described correctly");
+    chdir("..");
+
+    char *taginfo_outer = git_describe(repo);
+    OMC_ASSERT(taginfo_outer != NULL, "should be 1.0.0, not NULL");
+    OMC_ASSERT(strcmp(taginfo_outer, "1.0.0") == 0, "just-created tag was not described correctly (out-of-dir invocation)");
+
+    char *taginfo_bad = git_describe("abc1234_not_here_or_there");
+    OMC_ASSERT(taginfo_bad == NULL, "a repository that shouldn't exist... exists and has a tag.");
+    chdir(cwd);
+}
+
+void test_touch() {
+    OMC_ASSERT(touch("touchedfile.txt") == 0, "touch failed");
+    OMC_ASSERT(access("touchedfile.txt", F_OK) == 0, "touched file does not exist");
+    remove("touchedfile.txt");
+}
+
+void test_find_program() {
+    OMC_ASSERT(find_program("willnotexist123") == NULL, "did not return NULL");
+    OMC_ASSERT(find_program("find") != NULL, "program not available (OS dependent)");
+}
+
+static int file_readlines_callback_modify(size_t size, char **line) {
+    char *data = (*line);
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < strlen(data); i++) {
+        if (isalnum(data[i])) {
+            data[i] = 'x';
+        }
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int file_readlines_callback_get_specific_line(size_t size, char **line) {
+    char *data = (*line);
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < strlen(data); i++) {
+        if (!strcmp(data, "see?\n")) {
+            return 0;
+        }
+    }
+    return 1;
+}
+
+
+void test_file_readlines() {
+    const char *filename = "file_readlines.txt";
+    const char *data = "I am\na file\nwith multiple lines\nsee?\n";
+    FILE *fp = fopen(filename, "w");
+    if (!fp) {
+        perror(filename);
+        return;
+    }
+    if (fwrite(data, sizeof(*data), strlen(data), fp) != strlen(data)) {
+        perror("short write");
+        return;
+    }
+    fclose(fp);
+
+    char **result = NULL;
+    result = file_readlines(filename, 0, 0, NULL);
+    int i;
+    for (i = 0; result[i] != NULL; i++);
+    OMC_ASSERT(num_chars(data, '\n') == i, "incorrect number of lines in data");
+    OMC_ASSERT(strcmp(result[3], "see?\n") == 0, "last line in data is incorrect'");
+    GENERIC_ARRAY_FREE(result);
+
+    result = file_readlines(filename, 0, 0, file_readlines_callback_modify);
+    OMC_ASSERT(strcmp(result[3], "xxx?\n") == 0, "last line should be: 'xxx?\\n'");
+    GENERIC_ARRAY_FREE(result);
+
+    result = file_readlines(filename, 0, 0, file_readlines_callback_get_specific_line);
+    OMC_ASSERT(strcmp(result[0], "see?\n") == 0, "the first record of the result is not the last line of the file 'see?\\n'");
+    GENERIC_ARRAY_FREE(result);
+    remove(filename);
+}
+
+void test_path_dirname() {
+    const char *data[] = {
+            "a/b/c", "a/b",
+            "This/is/a/test", "This/is/a",
+    };
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(data) / sizeof(*data); i += 2) {
+        const char *input = data[i];
+        const char *expected = data[i + 1];
+        char tmp[PATH_MAX] = {0};
+        strcpy(tmp, input);
+
+        char *result = path_dirname(tmp);
+        OMC_ASSERT(strcmp(expected, result) == 0, NULL);
+    }
+}
+
+void test_path_basename() {
+    const char *data[] = {
+        "a/b/c", "c",
+        "This/is/a/test", "test",
+    };
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(data) / sizeof(*data); i += 2) {
+        const char *input = data[i];
+        const char *expected = data[i + 1];
+        char *result = path_basename(input);
+        OMC_ASSERT(strcmp(expected, result) == 0, NULL);
+    }
+}
+
+void test_expandpath() {
+    char *home;
+
+    const char *homes[] = {
+            "HOME",
+            "USERPROFILE",
+    };
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(homes) / sizeof(*homes); i++) {
+        home = getenv(homes[i]);
+        if (home) {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    char path[PATH_MAX] = {0};
+    strcat(path, "~");
+    strcat(path, DIR_SEP);
+
+    char *expanded = expandpath(path);
+    OMC_ASSERT(startswith(expanded, home) > 0, expanded);
+    OMC_ASSERT(endswith(expanded, DIR_SEP) > 0, "the input string ends with a directory separator, the result did not");
+    free(expanded);
+}
+
+void test_rmtree() {
+    const char *root = "rmtree_dir";
+    const char *tree[] = {
+            "abc",
+            "123",
+            "cba",
+            "321"
+    };
+    chdir(cwd_workspace);
+
+    mkdir(root, 0755);
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(tree) / sizeof(*tree); i++) {
+        char path[PATH_MAX];
+        char mockfile[PATH_MAX + 10];
+        sprintf(path, "%s/%s", root, tree[i]);
+        sprintf(mockfile, "%s/%zu.txt", path, i);
+        if (mkdir(path, 0755)) {
+            perror(path);
+            OMC_ASSERT(false, NULL);
+        }
+        touch(mockfile);
+    }
+    OMC_ASSERT(rmtree(root) == 0, "rmtree should have been able to remove the directory");
+    OMC_ASSERT(access(root, F_OK) < 0, "the directory is still present");
+}
+
+void test_dirstack() {
+    const char *data[] = {
+        "testdir",
+        "1",
+        "2",
+        "3",
+    };
+
+    char cwd[PATH_MAX];
+    getcwd(cwd, PATH_MAX);
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(data) / sizeof(*data); i++) {
+        mkdir(data[i], 0755);
+        pushd(data[i]);
+        getcwd(cwd, PATH_MAX);
+    }
+    OMC_ASSERT(dirstack_len == sizeof(data) / sizeof(*data), NULL);
+    OMC_ASSERT(strcmp(dirstack[0], cwd_workspace) == 0, NULL);
+
+    for (int i = 1; i < dirstack_len; i++) {
+        OMC_ASSERT(endswith(dirstack[i], data[i - 1]), NULL);
+    }
+
+    for (size_t i = 0, x = dirstack_len - 1; x != 0 && i < sizeof(data) / sizeof(*data); i++, x--) {
+        char *expected = strdup(dirstack[x]);
+        popd();
+        getcwd(cwd, PATH_MAX);
+        OMC_ASSERT(strcmp(cwd, expected) == 0, NULL);
+        free(expected);
+    }
+}
+
+void test_pushd_popd() {
+    const char *dname = "testdir";
+    chdir(cwd_workspace);
+    rmtree(dname);
+
+    OMC_ASSERT(mkdir(dname, 0755) == 0, "directory should not exist yet");
+    OMC_ASSERT(pushd(dname) == 0, "failed to enter directory");
+    char *cwd = getcwd(NULL, PATH_MAX);
+
+    // we should be inside the test directory, not the starting directory
+    OMC_ASSERT(strcmp(cwd_workspace, cwd) != 0, "");
+    OMC_ASSERT(popd() == 0, "return from directory failed");
+
+    char *cwd_after_popd = getcwd(NULL, PATH_MAX);
+    OMC_ASSERT(strcmp(cwd_workspace, cwd_after_popd) == 0, "should be the path where we started");
+}
+
+void test_pushd_popd_suggested_workflow() {
+    const char *dname = "testdir";
+    chdir(cwd_workspace);
+    rmtree(dname);
+
+    remove(dname);
+    if (!mkdir(dname, 0755)) {
+        if (!pushd(dname)) {
+            char *cwd = getcwd(NULL, PATH_MAX);
+            OMC_ASSERT(strcmp(cwd_workspace, cwd) != 0, NULL);
+            // return from dir
+            popd();
+            free(cwd);
+        }
+        // cwd should be our starting directory
+        char *cwd = getcwd(NULL, PATH_MAX);
+        OMC_ASSERT(strcmp(cwd_workspace, cwd) == 0, NULL);
+    } else {
+        OMC_ASSERT(false, "mkdir function failed");
+    }
+}
+
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+    OMC_TEST_BEGIN_MAIN();
+    OMC_TEST_FUNC *tests[] = {
+            test_listdir,
+            test_redact_sensitive,
+            test_fix_tox_conf,
+            test_xml_pretty_print_in_place,
+            test_path_store,
+            test_isempty_dir,
+            test_xmkstemp,
+            test_msg,
+            test_git_clone_and_describe,
+            test_touch,
+            test_find_program,
+            test_file_readlines,
+            test_path_dirname,
+            test_path_basename,
+            test_expandpath,
+            test_rmtree,
+            test_dirstack,
+            test_pushd_popd,
+            test_pushd_popd_suggested_workflow,
+    };
+    const char *ws = "workspace";
+    getcwd(cwd_start, sizeof(cwd_start) - 1);
+    mkdir(ws, 0755);
+    chdir(ws);
+    getcwd(cwd_workspace, sizeof(cwd_workspace) - 1);
+
+    OMC_TEST_RUN(tests);
+
+    chdir(cwd_start);
+    if (rmtree(cwd_workspace)) {
+        perror(cwd_workspace);
+    }
+    OMC_TEST_END_MAIN();
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/testing.h b/tests/testing.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b5c1ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testing.h
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+#ifndef OMC_TESTING_H
+#define OMC_TESTING_H
+#include "omc.h"
+#define OMC_TEST_RUN_MAX 10000
+#define OMC_TEST_SUITE_FATAL 1
+#define OMC_TEST_SUITE_SKIP 127
+
+typedef void(OMC_TEST_FUNC)();
+struct omc_test_result_t {
+    const char *filename;
+    const char *funcname;
+    int lineno;
+    const char *msg_assertion;
+    const char *msg_reason;
+    const int status;
+    const int skip;
+} omc_test_results[OMC_TEST_RUN_MAX];
+size_t omc_test_results_i = 0;
+
+void omc_testing_record_result(struct omc_test_result_t result);
+
+void omc_testing_record_result(struct omc_test_result_t result) {
+    memcpy(&omc_test_results[omc_test_results_i], &result, sizeof(result));
+    omc_test_results_i++;
+}
+
+int omc_testing_has_failed() {
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < omc_test_results_i; i++) {
+        if (omc_test_results[i].status == false) {
+            return 1;
+        }
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+void omc_testing_record_result_summary() {
+    size_t failed = 0;
+    size_t skipped = 0;
+    size_t passed = 0;
+    int do_message;
+    static char status_msg[255] = {0};
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < omc_test_results_i; i++) {
+        if (omc_test_results[i].status && omc_test_results[i].skip) {
+            strcpy(status_msg, "SKIP");
+            do_message = 1;
+            skipped++;
+        } else if (!omc_test_results[i].status) {
+            strcpy(status_msg, "FAIL");
+            do_message = 1;
+            failed++;
+        } else {
+            strcpy(status_msg, "PASS");
+            do_message = 0;
+            passed++;
+        }
+        fprintf(stdout, "[%s] %s:%d :: %s() => %s",
+               status_msg,
+               omc_test_results[i].filename,
+               omc_test_results[i].lineno,
+               omc_test_results[i].funcname,
+               omc_test_results[i].msg_assertion);
+        if (do_message) {
+            fprintf(stdout, "\n      \\_ %s", omc_test_results[i].msg_reason);
+        }
+        fprintf(stdout, "\n");
+    }
+    fprintf(stdout, "\n[UNIT] %zu tests passed, %zu tests failed, %zu tests skipped out of %zu\n", passed, failed, skipped, omc_test_results_i);
+}
+
+char *omc_testing_read_ascii(const char *filename) {
+    struct stat st;
+    if (stat(filename, &st)) {
+        perror(filename);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    FILE *fp;
+    fp = fopen(filename, "r");
+    if (!fp) {
+        perror(filename);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    char *result;
+    result = calloc(st.st_size + 1, sizeof(*result));
+    if (fread(result, sizeof(*result), st.st_size, fp) < 1) {
+        perror(filename);
+        fclose(fp);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    fclose(fp);
+    return result;
+}
+
+int omc_testing_write_ascii(const char *filename, const char *data) {
+    FILE *fp;
+    fp = fopen(filename, "w+");
+    if (!fp) {
+        perror(filename);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    if (!fprintf(fp, "%s", data)) {
+        perror(filename);
+        fclose(fp);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    fclose(fp);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+#define OMC_TEST_BEGIN_MAIN() do { \
+        setenv("PYTHONUNBUFFERED", "1", 1); \
+        fflush(stdout); \
+        fflush(stderr); \
+        setvbuf(stdout, NULL, _IONBF, 0); \
+        setvbuf(stderr, NULL, _IONBF, 0); \
+        atexit(omc_testing_record_result_summary); \
+    } while (0)
+#define OMC_TEST_END_MAIN() do { return omc_testing_has_failed(); } while (0)
+
+#define OMC_ASSERT(COND, REASON) do { \
+        omc_testing_record_result((struct omc_test_result_t) { \
+            .filename = __FILE_NAME__, \
+            .funcname = __FUNCTION__,  \
+            .lineno = __LINE__,        \
+            .status = (COND),             \
+            .msg_assertion = "ASSERT(" #COND ")",                 \
+            .msg_reason = REASON } );  \
+    } while (0)
+
+#define OMC_ASSERT_FATAL(COND, REASON) do { \
+        omc_testing_record_result((struct omc_test_result_t) { \
+            .filename = __FILE_NAME__, \
+            .funcname = __FUNCTION__,  \
+            .lineno = __LINE__,        \
+            .status = (COND),             \
+            .msg_assertion = "ASSERT FATAL (" #COND ")",                 \
+            .msg_reason = REASON }       \
+        );    \
+        if (omc_test_results[omc_test_results_i ? omc_test_results_i - 1 : omc_test_results_i].status == false) {\
+            exit(OMC_TEST_SUITE_FATAL); \
+        } \
+    } while (0)
+
+#define OMC_SKIP_IF(COND, REASON) do { \
+        omc_testing_record_result((struct omc_test_result_t) { \
+            .filename = __FILE_NAME__, \
+            .funcname = __FUNCTION__,  \
+            .lineno = __LINE__,        \
+            .status = true, \
+            .skip = (COND), \
+            .msg_assertion = "SKIP (" #COND ")",                 \
+            .msg_reason = REASON }       \
+        );    \
+        if (omc_test_results[omc_test_results_i ? omc_test_results_i - 1 : omc_test_results_i].skip == true) {\
+            return; \
+        } \
+    } while (0)
+
+#define OMC_TEST_RUN(X) do { \
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(X) / sizeof(*X); i++) { \
+            if (X[i]) { \
+                X[i](); \
+            } \
+        } \
+    } while (0)
+
+#endif //OMC_TESTING_H