Ignore gitfs tests when symlinks not enabled

tests/support/helpers.py

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import logging
 import os
 import signal
 import socket
+import subprocess
 import sys
 import tempfile
 import threading
@@ -54,6 +55,31 @@ from tests.support.paths import FILES, TMP
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
+HAS_SYMLINKS = None
+
+
+def no_symlinks():
+    '''
+    Check if git is installed and has symlinks enabled in the configuration.
+    '''
+    global HAS_SYMLINKS
+    if HAS_SYMLINKS is not None:
+        return not HAS_SYMLINKS
+    output = ''
+    try:
+        output = subprocess.check_output('git config --get core.symlinks', shell=True)
+    except OSError as exc:
+        if exc.errno != errno.ENOENT:
+            raise
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+        # git returned non-zero status
+        pass
+    HAS_SYMLINKS = False
+    if output.strip() == 'true':
+        HAS_SYMLINKS = True
+    return not HAS_SYMLINKS
+
+
 def destructiveTest(caller):
     '''
     Mark a test case as a destructive test for example adding or removing users

tests/unit/modules/test_inspect_collector.py

@@ -19,11 +19,10 @@
 # Import Python Libs
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 import os
-import errno
-import subprocess
 
 # Import Salt Testing Libs
 from tests.support.unit import TestCase, skipIf
+from tests.support.helpers import no_symlinks
 from tests.support.mock import (
     MagicMock,
     patch,
@@ -35,31 +34,6 @@ from tests.support.mock import (
 from salt.modules.inspectlib.collector import Inspector
 
 
-HAS_SYMLINKS = None
-
-
-def no_symlinks():
-    '''
-    Check if git is installed and has symlinks enabled in the configuration.
-    '''
-    global HAS_SYMLINKS
-    if HAS_SYMLINKS is not None:
-        return not HAS_SYMLINKS
-    output = ''
-    try:
-        output = subprocess.check_output('git config --get core.symlinks', shell=True)
-    except OSError as exc:
-        if exc.errno != errno.ENOENT:
-            raise
-    except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
-        # git returned non-zero status
-        pass
-    HAS_SYMLINKS = False
-    if output.strip() == 'true':
-        HAS_SYMLINKS = True
-    return not HAS_SYMLINKS
-
-
 @skipIf(NO_MOCK, NO_MOCK_REASON)
 @skipIf(no_symlinks(), "Git missing 'core.symlinks=true' config")
 class InspectorCollectorTestCase(TestCase):

tests/unit/utils/test_safe_walk.py

@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ from shutil import rmtree
 from tempfile import mkdtemp
 
 # Import Salt Testing libs
-from tests.support.unit import TestCase
+from tests.support.unit import TestCase, skipIf
 from tests.support.paths import TMP
+from tests.support.helpers import no_symlinks
 
 # Import salt libs
 import salt.utils
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ import salt.utils.find
 
 class TestUtils(TestCase):
 
+    @skipIf(no_symlinks(), "Git missing 'core.symlinks=true' config")
     def test_safe_walk_symlink_recursion(self):
         tmp = mkdtemp(dir=TMP)
         try: