test_kconf_update: use QStandardPaths test mode

to avoid touching the user's real files

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/autotests/test_kconf_update.cpp b/autotests/test_kconf_update.cpp
index dc03f9ff..41806194 100644
--- a/autotests/test_kconf_update.cpp
+++ b/autotests/test_kconf_update.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ QTEST_GUILESS_MAIN(TestKConfUpdate)
 
 void TestKConfUpdate::initTestCase()
 {
+    QStandardPaths::setTestModeEnabled(true);
+
     // Ensure it all works with spaces in paths (as happens more commonly on OSX where it's ~/Library/Application Support/)
     qputenv("XDG_DATA_HOME", "/tmp/a b");
 }
@@ -76,7 +78,7 @@ static QTemporaryFile *writeUpdFile(const QString &content)
 static void runKConfUpdate(const QString &updPath)
 {
     QVERIFY(QFile::exists(KCONF_UPDATE_EXECUTABLE));
-    QCOMPARE(0, QProcess::execute(KCONF_UPDATE_EXECUTABLE, QStringList() << "--debug" << updPath));
+    QCOMPARE(0, QProcess::execute(KCONF_UPDATE_EXECUTABLE, QStringList() << "--testmode" << "--debug" << updPath));
 }
 
 void TestKConfUpdate::test_data()
diff --git a/src/kconf_update/kconf_update.cpp b/src/kconf_update/kconf_update.cpp
index 7659e7b2..bd346234 100644
--- a/src/kconf_update/kconf_update.cpp
+++ b/src/kconf_update/kconf_update.cpp
@@ -117,6 +117,10 @@ KonfUpdate::KonfUpdate(QCommandLineParser *parser)
 
     m_debug = parser->isSet("debug");
 
+    if (parser->isSet("testmode")) {
+        QStandardPaths::setTestModeEnabled(true);
+    }
+
     m_bUseConfigInfo = false;
     if (parser->isSet("check")) {
         m_bUseConfigInfo = true;
@@ -948,6 +952,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     parser.setApplicationDescription(QCoreApplication::translate("main", "KDE Tool for updating user configuration files"));
     parser.addHelpOption();
     parser.addOption(QCommandLineOption(QStringList() << "debug", QCoreApplication::translate("main", "Keep output results from scripts")));
+    parser.addOption(QCommandLineOption(QStringList() << "testmode", QCoreApplication::translate("main", "For unit tests only: use test directories to stay away from the user's real files")));
     parser.addOption(QCommandLineOption(QStringList() << "check", QCoreApplication::translate("main", "Check whether config file itself requires updating"), "update-file"));
     //parser.addOption(QCommandLineOption(QStringList() << "+[file]", QCoreApplication::translate("main", "File to read update instructions from")));