4 files changed, 47 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tests/buildfile b/tests/buildfile
index cd5177e..f38b3ca 100644
--- a/tests/buildfile
+++ b/tests/buildfile
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 # copyright : Copyright (c) 2014-2016 Code Synthesis Ltd
 # license   : MIT; see accompanying LICENSE file
 
-d = function/ test/
+d = directive/ function/ test/
 ./: $d
 include $d
diff --git a/tests/directive/assert.test b/tests/directive/assert.test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca1b035
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/directive/assert.test
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# file      : tests/directive/assert.test
+# copyright : Copyright (c) 2014-2016 Code Synthesis Ltd
+# license   : MIT; see accompanying LICENSE file
+
+.include common.test
+
+$* <'assert true'                     : true
+$* <'assert! false foo'               : not-false
+$* <'assert true $no_such_function()' : skip-line
+$* <'assert! $empty($build.version)'  : expr
+
+: false
+:
+$* <'assert false' 2>>EOE != 0
+<stdin>:1:1: error: assertion failed
+EOE
+
+: false-desc
+:
+$* <'assert false bad thing happened: (a == b)' 2>>EOE != 0
+<stdin>:1:1: error: assertion failed: bad thing happened: false
+EOE
+
+: invalid
+:
+$* <'assert junk' 2>>EOE != 0
+<stdin>:1:8: error: expected assert-expression to evaluate to 'true' or 'false' instead of 'junk'
+EOE
diff --git a/tests/directive/buildfile b/tests/directive/buildfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9e946e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/directive/buildfile
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# file      : tests/directive/buildfile
+# copyright : Copyright (c) 2014-2016 Code Synthesis Ltd
+# license   : MIT; see accompanying LICENSE file
+
+./: test{assert} file{common.test}
+
+test{*}: test = $effect($build.path)
diff --git a/tests/directive/common.test b/tests/directive/common.test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..351c133
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/directive/common.test
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# file      : tests/directive/assert.test
+# copyright : Copyright (c) 2014-2016 Code Synthesis Ltd
+# license   : MIT; see accompanying LICENSE file
+
++mkdir build
++cat <<EOI >>>build/bootstrap.build
+project = test
+amalgamation =
+EOI
+
+test.options += -q --buildfile - noop