Add support for configure parameter for override home dir for unit tests.

New configure parameter: --with-unittestsdir=path

2 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7d16fde20..ecc6ee35a 100755
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -667,6 +667,15 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL(ENABLE_UNITTESTSBIN, test x$unittestsbin_enabled = xtrue)
 AM_CONDITIONAL(ENABLE_UNITTESTSBIN_CATCH, test x$unittestsbin_catch = xtrue)
 AM_CONDITIONAL(ENABLE_UNITTESTSBIN_DOCTEST, test x$unittestsbin_doctest = xtrue)
 
+# Override home directory for unit tests
+AC_ARG_WITH(unittestsdir,[  --with-unittestsdir        override home directory for unit tests ] )
+if test "x$with_unittestsdir" == "xno"; then
+    with_unittestsdir=no
+else
+    with_unittestsdir=yes
+    CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -DUNITESTSDIR=$withval"
+fi
+
 # Enable tcmalloc
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(tcmalloc,
 [  --enable-tcmalloc    Turn on tcmalloc],
diff --git a/src/fs/paths.cpp b/src/fs/paths.cpp
index 4eaf6ac60..5698ffa7d 100644
--- a/src/fs/paths.cpp
+++ b/src/fs/paths.cpp
@@ -231,6 +231,12 @@ std::string getPicturesDir()
 
 std::string getHomePath()
 {
+#if defined(UNITTESTS) && defined(UNITESTSDIR)
+    std::string dir = UNITESTSDIR;
+    if (findLast(dir, std::string(dirSeparator)) == false)
+        dir += dirSeparator;
+    return dir;
+#else  // defined(UNITTESTS) && defined(UNITESTSDIR)
 #ifdef WIN32
     return getSpecialFolderLocation(CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA);
 #else
@@ -252,6 +258,7 @@ std::string getHomePath()
         dir += dirSeparator;
     return dir;
 #endif  // WIN32
+#endif  // defined(UNITTESTS) && defined(UNITESTSDIR)
 }
 
 #ifdef ANDROID