Fix git plugin tests.

Add fake author info to environment while running the tests to avoid
failure of the git commit commands.

.github/workflows/tests.yaml

@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           pip install -r dev_requirements.txt
+      - name: Configure git author (fix issue with environment variable)
+        run: |
+          # Manually sets some git user and email to avoid failure of the test
+          # (For some reason the environment variables set in the test are not
+          # taken into account by git on the runner.)
+          git config --global user.name "Pubs test"
+          git config --global user.email "unittest@pubs.org"
       - name: Test with pytest (mock API mode)
         env:
           PUBS_TESTS_MODE: MOCK

tests/test_git.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-import unittest
+import os
 import subprocess
+import unittest
 
 import sand_env
 
@@ -16,12 +17,22 @@ class TestGitPlugin(sand_env.SandboxedCommandTestCase):
 
     def setUp(self, nsec_stat=True):
         super(TestGitPlugin, self).setUp()
+        # Backup environment variables and set git author
+        self.env_backup = os.environ.copy()
+        os.environ['GIT_AUTHOR_NAME'] = "Pubs test"
+        os.environ['GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL'] = "unittest@pubs.org"
+        # Setup pubs repository
         self.execute_cmds([('pubs init',)])
         conf = config.load_conf(path=self.default_conf_path)
         conf['plugins']['active'] = ['git']
         config.save_conf(conf, path=self.default_conf_path)
 
+    def tearDown(self):
+        super().tearDown()
+        os.environ = self.env_backup
+
     def test_git(self):
+        print(self.default_pubs_dir)
         self.execute_cmds([('pubs add data/pagerank.bib',)])
         hash_a = git_hash(self.default_pubs_dir)
 
@@ -72,6 +83,7 @@ class TestGitPlugin(sand_env.SandboxedCommandTestCase):
         # self.assertEqual(hash_i, hash_j)
 
     def test_manual(self):
+        print(self.default_pubs_dir)
         conf = config.load_conf(path=self.default_conf_path)
         conf['plugins']['active'] = ['git']
         conf['plugins']['git']['manual'] = True