Tests for settings.

tests/test_settings.py

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+from unittest2 import TestCase
+import os
+
+from pelican.settings import read_settings, DEFAULT_CONFIG
+
+SETTINGS = os.sep.join([os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)),
+        "../samples/pelican.conf.py"])
+
+class SettingsTest(TestCase):
+
+
+    def test_read_settings(self):
+        # providing a file, it should read it, replace the default values and append 
+        # new values to the settings, if any
+        settings = read_settings(SETTINGS)
+
+        # overwrite existing settings
+        self.assertEqual(settings.get('SITENAME'), u"Alexis' log")
+        
+        # add new settings
+        self.assertEqual(settings.get('SITEURL'), 'http://blog.notmyidea.org')
+
+        # keep default settings if not defined
+        self.assertEqual(settings.get('DEFAULT_CATEGORY'), 
+            DEFAULT_CONFIG['DEFAULT_CATEGORY'])
+
+        # do not copy keys not in caps
+        self.assertNotIn('foobar', settings)
+
+
+    def test_empty_read_settings(self):
+        # providing no file should return the default values
+        settings = read_settings(None)
+        self.assertDictEqual(settings, DEFAULT_CONFIG)