From c5ce5cefcf9ad761f940818bd5c411bfbf697743 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lia Launtz <liahardin@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 22:04:43 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] edit command tests with small precommit changes

---
 tests/test_command_edit.py | 74 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 74 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 tests/test_command_edit.py

diff --git a/tests/test_command_edit.py b/tests/test_command_edit.py
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/tests/test_command_edit.py
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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+from unittest import mock
+
+import pytest
+
+from scrapy.cmdline import ScrapyArgumentParser
+from scrapy.commands.edit import Command
+from scrapy.utils.project import get_project_settings
+from tests.test_commands import TestProjectBase
+from tests.utils.cmdline import call, proc
+
+
+class TestEditCommand(TestProjectBase):
+    """unit testing of the 'scrapy edit' command"""
+
+    @pytest.fixture
+    def create_spider(self, proj_path: Path):
+        """setup creates spider, teardown removes spider"""
+        # setup: create spider to edit
+        test_name = "test_name"
+        call("genspider", test_name, "test.com", cwd=proj_path)
+        spider = proj_path / self.project_name / "spiders" / "test_name.py"
+        yield proj_path, spider, test_name
+        # teardown: remove spider from project
+        Path.unlink(spider)
+
+    def test_edit_valid_spider(self, create_spider) -> None:
+        """test call to edit command with correct spider name"""
+        proj_path, spider, test_name = create_spider
+        assert spider.exists()
+        assert call("edit", test_name, cwd=proj_path) == 0
+
+    def test_edit_nospider(self, proj_path: Path) -> None:
+        """test call to edit if no spider has been specified"""
+        assert call("edit", "not_a_valid_spider", cwd=proj_path) == 1
+
+    def test_edit_implicit(self, create_spider):
+        """tests edit command calls editor"""
+        proj_path, spider, test_name = create_spider
+
+        # change current working directory
+        os.chdir(proj_path)
+
+        # create edit command object
+        cmd = Command()
+        cmd.settings = get_project_settings()
+        editor = cmd.settings.get("EDITOR")
+
+        # parse commandline arguments
+        parser = ScrapyArgumentParser()
+        opts, _ = parser.parse_known_args(["edit", test_name])
+
+        # mock the operating system
+        with mock.patch("scrapy.commands.edit.os.system", return_value=0) as mock_sys:
+            cmd.run([test_name], opts)
+            mock_sys.assert_called_once_with(f'{editor} "{spider}"')
+
+    def test_edit_help_syntax(self, proj_path: Path) -> None:
+        """Check that long description and syntax are included in edit -h"""
+        rtn_code, out, _ = proc("edit", "-h", cwd=proj_path)
+        assert rtn_code == 0
+        cmd = Command()
+        assert cmd.long_desc() in out
+        assert cmd.syntax() in out
+
+    def test_edit_short_desc(self, proj_path: Path) -> None:
+        """Check that short description included in scrapy -h"""
+        rtn_code, out, _ = proc("-h", cwd=proj_path)
+        assert rtn_code == 0
+        cmd = Command()
+        assert cmd.short_desc() in out