convert_to_shoulda_syntax(1)

💖 convert_to_shoulda_syntax 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the manual page for convert_to_shoulda_syntax — section 1 of the manual, the lil command-line era icon that it is. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

convert_to_shoulda_syntax — the way it converts a regular Test::Unit Ruby source file into one that's using shoulda syntax. no cap, that's literally the whole job. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

convert_to_shoulda_syntax normal_test_file.rb

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so basically: it takes a unit test file written in regular Test::Unit syntax and converts it into one using the nicer shoulda syntax. glow-up behavior, fr fr. 💖

like, it will take an existing test file with names that look like this:

def test_should_do_stuff

...

end

and turn it into one using the new syntax:

should "be super cool" do

...

end

iconic. the vibes are immaculate. 👑

⚠️ heads up bestie: a copy of the old file gets left under /tmp/ in case this script just seriously screws up. 😭 which, like, honestly? thoughtful. messy but thoughtful. we love a backup queen.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• /usr/share/doc/libshoulda-ruby/ — as installed by the libshoulda-ruby package, for documentation of should itself. iykyk, go read it if you want the deep lore on should. 📚

🎀 ABOUT 🎀

this manual page was written by Antonio Terceiro <terceiro@softwarelivre.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system, but may be used by others. it was based on convert_to_shoulda_syntax's help output — i.e., when called without proper arguments — and with the help of help2man. ✨

and that's the whole page, bestie 🫶 this lil manual is part of convert_to_shoulda_syntax, dated September 2008 — vintage but still slaying. go forth and convert those tests. 💅✨