support for some basic tests

test/compile.el

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+;;  bail out on compilation warnings and errors
+(setq byte-compile-error-on-warn t)
+(setq byte-compile--use-old-handlers nil)
+
+;; compile *.el files
+(dolist (file (file-expand-wildcards "*.el"))
+  (unless (byte-compile-file file)
+    (kill-emacs 1)))

test/elpa.el

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+(setq package-user-dir
+      (expand-file-name (format ".elpa/%s/elpa" emacs-version)))
+(package-initialize)
+(add-to-list 'load-path default-directory)

test/make-update.el

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+;; list of the all the dependencies, including the dev dependencies
+(defvar dev-packages '(evil evil-test-helpers))
+
+;; initialize package.el
+(setq package-user-dir
+      (expand-file-name (format ".elpa/%s/elpa" emacs-version)))
+(message "installing in %s ...\n" package-user-dir)
+(package-initialize)
+(setq package-archives
+      '(("melpa" . "http://melpa.org/packages/")
+        ("gnu" . "http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/")))
+(package-refresh-contents)
+
+;; install dependencies
+(dolist (package dev-packages)
+  (unless (package-installed-p package)
+    (ignore-errors
+      (package-install package))))
+
+;; upgrade dependencies
+(save-window-excursion
+  (package-list-packages t)
+  (condition-case nil
+      (progn
+        (package-menu-mark-upgrades)
+        (package-menu-execute t))
+    (error
+     (message "All packages up to date"))))