tools: Fix running full-stack tests from tools/ directory.

Previously these tests required you to run them with the root of the
Zulip repository as the current working directory, just due to
sloppiness.

We clean this up, while also making the path handling more consistent
and involving less fragile code.

Fixes zulip#4169.

frontend_tests/run-casper

@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@ import glob
 # on how to use remote debugging
 #
 
+ZULIP_PATH = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+
 os.environ["CASPER_TESTS"] = "1"
-os.environ["PHANTOMJS_EXECUTABLE"] = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "../node_modules/.bin/phantomjs")
+os.environ["PHANTOMJS_EXECUTABLE"] = os.path.join(ZULIP_PATH, "node_modules/.bin/phantomjs")
 os.environ["http_proxy"] = ""
 os.environ["https_proxy"] = ""
 
@@ -39,8 +41,7 @@ parser.add_option('--remote-debug',
                   default=False)
 (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
 
-TOOLS_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
-sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(TOOLS_DIR))
+sys.path.insert(0, ZULIP_PATH)
 
 # check for the venv
 from tools.lib import sanity_check
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ if not options.force:
         print('If you really know what you are doing, use --force to run anyway.')
         sys.exit(1)
 
-os.chdir(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), '..'))
+os.chdir(ZULIP_PATH)
 
 subprocess.check_call('tools/setup/generate-test-credentials')
 
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ LOG_FILE = 'var/casper/server.log'
 
 def run_tests(files, external_host):
     # type: (Iterable[str], str) -> None
-    test_dir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '../frontend_tests/casper_tests')
+    test_dir = os.path.join(ZULIP_PATH, 'frontend_tests/casper_tests')
     test_files = []
     for file in files:
         for file_name in os.listdir(test_dir):

tools/test-api

@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ from lib import sanity_check
 sanity_check.check_venv(__file__)
 
 import django
-TOOLS_DIR = os.path.dirname(__file__)
-ROOT_DIR = os.path.dirname(TOOLS_DIR)
-sys.path.insert(0, ROOT_DIR)
+ZULIP_PATH = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+sys.path.insert(0, ZULIP_PATH)
+os.chdir(ZULIP_PATH)
 
 from zulip import Client
 

tools/test-help-documentation.py

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 import time
 
+ZULIP_PATH = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
 
 # check for the venv
 from lib import sanity_check
@@ -21,9 +22,8 @@
                   help='Run tests despite possible problems.')
 (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
 
-TOOLS_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
-sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(TOOLS_DIR))
-
+os.chdir(ZULIP_PATH)
+sys.path.insert(0, ZULIP_PATH)
 from tools.lib.test_server import test_server_running
 
 subprocess.check_call(['mkdir', '-p', 'var/help-documentation'])