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p
How does one write a unit test for a custom subsystem (i.e. a class that inherits from 
from pants.option.subsystem.Subsystem
specifically, I need to have my 
CustomSubsystem.global_instance()
method to not blow up. using 
pants.testutil.option_util.create_subsystem
doesn't cause global_instance() to work. couldn't find any info in the docs: https://www.pantsbuild.org/docs/rules-api-testing (also note that the page title: 
Testing plugins
doesn't match the url, ideally those should match)
h
You can use 
rule_runner.request(MySubsystem, [])
. Use 
rule_runner.set_options()
beforehand if you want to use non-default values
p
Is there an example somewhere? What do I pass to set_options ?
h
p
I don't see a set_options method on RuleRunner
(this the latest pants beta).. is there a workaround until https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/10859 gets released ?
h
Yes. For now, use 
rule_runner.request(MySubsystem, [create_options_bootstrapper(args=['--my-arg'])
, which is exported from 
pants.testutil.option_util
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p
doesn't work
h
Okay add 
QueryRule(AuthStore, [OptionsBootstrapper])
to the 
RuleRunner(rules=[])
argument
you should be able to import 
QueryRule
from 
pants.testutil.rule_runner
(otherwise 
pants.engine.rules
), and then 
pants.option.options_bootstrapper
p
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h
Oh, I thought Toolchain was already using 2.0.0b2. I can do that upgrade. It will allow you to do some of what I’m suggesting
p
I wasn't aware of a new release. upgrading now.
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ok. on b2 now, the code is:
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rule_runner = RuleRunner(rules=[QueryRule(AuthStore, [OptionsBootstrapper])])
rule_runner.set_options(args=["--toolchain-setup-repo=puddy", "--buildsense-base-url=<http://little.jerry.com/chicken>", "--auth-from-env-var=CAGE_FREE"])
rule_runner.request(AuthStore, [])
FWIW 
AuthStore
inherits from 
Subsystem
not GoalSubsystem
h
I gtg for volunteering, but try the variant where you pass options bootstrapper to the request method, but you do not register a QueryRule Sorry, you’re caught in a really awkward in-between
I’m back. Did that work?
p
no. I will try again later.
doesn't work.
h
Ah, okay, register 
QueryRule(AuthStore, [])
p
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h
Ohhhh, sorry this was so painful. I think you need to also register 
SubsystemRule(AuthStore)
in the 
RuleRunner
, in addition to the 
QueryRule
. this is exported from 
pants.engine.rules
It’s really rare to need to register a 
SubsystemRule
now because these get included when you use 
collect_rules()
in a source file. Normally, in your test setup, you would register something like 
my_plugin.rules()
, which will include that 
SubsystemRule
. But here, you’re not registering anything but the 
QueryRule
, so Pants doesn’t know your subsystem exists. Sorry that took so long to figure out.
p
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