From e7f15034f1b4dea7fb22ebc0f2f532ee06b3dd57 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Craig Jennings <c@cjennings.net>
Date: Mon, 25 May 2026 19:45:26 -0500
Subject: build: resolve test-file to the exact name before globbing
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make test-file FILE=test-pearl-save grabbed test-pearl-saved.el — the glob *FILE*.el matched both and head -1 picked one arbitrarily. It now prefers an exact FILE or FILE.el match, and errors with the candidate list when a bare substring matches more than one file, instead of silently running the wrong one.
---
 tests/Makefile | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'tests/Makefile')

diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index a6b6812..c011359 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -93,11 +93,19 @@ ifndef FILE
 	@echo "       make test-file FILE=test-pearl-mapping.el"
 	@exit 1
 endif
-	@TESTFILE=$$(find . -maxdepth 1 -name "*$(FILE)*.el" -type f | head -1 | sed 's|^\./||'); \
+	@TESTFILE=$$( \
+		if [ -f "$(FILE)" ]; then echo "$(FILE)"; \
+		elif [ -f "$(FILE).el" ]; then echo "$(FILE).el"; \
+		else find . -maxdepth 1 -name "*$(FILE)*.el" -type f | sed 's|^\./||'; fi); \
 	if [ -z "$$TESTFILE" ]; then \
 		printf "$(RED)Error: No test file matching '$(FILE)' found$(NC)\n"; \
 		exit 1; \
 	fi; \
+	if [ "$$(printf '%s\n' "$$TESTFILE" | grep -c .)" -gt 1 ]; then \
+		printf "$(RED)Error: '$(FILE)' matches multiple files; pass the exact name (e.g. $(FILE).el):$(NC)\n"; \
+		printf '%s\n' "$$TESTFILE" | sed 's|^|  |'; \
+		exit 1; \
+	fi; \
 	printf "$(YELLOW)Running tests in $$TESTFILE...$(NC)\n"; \
 	$(EMACS_BATCH) -l ert -l "$$TESTFILE" \
 		--eval "$(ERT_FAST_SELECTOR)" 2>&1 | tee $(PROJECT_ROOT)/tests/test-file-output.log; \
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