1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/t/test-lib-functions.sh b/t/test-lib-functions.sh
index 0681003b3..dafd6ad21 100644
--- a/t/test-lib-functions.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib-functions.sh
@@ -489,6 +489,17 @@ test_path_is_dir () {
 	fi
 }
 
+# Check if the directory exists and is empty as expected, barf otherwise.
+test_dir_is_empty () {
+	test_path_is_dir "$1" &&
+	if test -n "$(ls -a1 "$1" | egrep -v '^\.\.?$')"
+	then
+		echo "Directory '$1' is not empty, it contains:"
+		ls -la "$1"
+		return 1
+	fi
+}
+
 test_path_is_missing () {
 	if [ -e "$1" ]
 	then
@@ -617,6 +628,12 @@ test_cmp() {
 	$GIT_TEST_CMP "$@"
 }
 
+# test_cmp_bin - helper to compare binary files
+
+test_cmp_bin() {
+	cmp "$@"
+}
+
 # Check if the file expected to be empty is indeed empty, and barfs
 # otherwise.
 
@@ -717,6 +734,11 @@ test_ln_s_add () {
 	fi
 }
 
+# This function writes out its parameters, one per line
+test_write_lines () {
+	printf "%s\n" "$@"
+}
+
 perl () {
 	command "$PERL_PATH" "$@"
 }