From a0e2d16c3ad86646c0aacd5e07ad59709eb1d5b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Porter <jporterbugs@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 18:53:03 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Fix redirecting Eshell output to symbols in some places

Do not merge to master.

* lisp/eshell/esh-io.el (eshell-output-object-to-target): Don't require
TARGET to be bound.

* lisp/eshell/em-script.el (eshell-execute-file): Quote the output/error
targets.

* test/lisp/eshell/em-script-tests.el (eshell-execute-file-output): New
variable.
(em-script-test/execute-file/output-file)
(em-script-test/execute-file/output-symbol): New tests.

* test/lisp/eshell/esh-io-tests.el (eshell-test-file-string): Move to...
* test/lisp/eshell/eshell-tests-helpers.el (eshell-test-file-string):
... here.
---
 lisp/eshell/em-script.el                 |  2 +-
 lisp/eshell/esh-io.el                    |  2 +-
 test/lisp/eshell/em-script-tests.el      | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 test/lisp/eshell/esh-io-tests.el         |  6 ------
 test/lisp/eshell/eshell-tests-helpers.el |  6 ++++++
 5 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lisp/eshell/em-script.el b/lisp/eshell/em-script.el
index ba020d2eb5b..ebba0440d68 100644
--- a/lisp/eshell/em-script.el
+++ b/lisp/eshell/em-script.el
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ eshell-execute-file
       (eshell-mode)
       (eshell-do-eval
        `(let ((eshell-current-handles
-               (eshell-create-handles ,stdout 'insert))
+               (eshell-create-handles ',stdout 'insert))
               (eshell-current-subjob-p))
           ,(eshell--source-file file args))
        t))))
diff --git a/lisp/eshell/esh-io.el b/lisp/eshell/esh-io.el
index 9de9cc4509a..570ace2ebb8 100644
--- a/lisp/eshell/esh-io.el
+++ b/lisp/eshell/esh-io.el
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ eshell-output-object-to-target
 
 (cl-defmethod eshell-output-object-to-target (object (target symbol))
   "Output OBJECT to the value of the symbol TARGET."
-  (if (not (symbol-value target))
+  (if (not (and (boundp target) (symbol-value target)))
       (set target object)
     (setq object (eshell-stringify object))
     (if (not (stringp (symbol-value target)))
diff --git a/test/lisp/eshell/em-script-tests.el b/test/lisp/eshell/em-script-tests.el
index 86a78e43026..5e5eb80f215 100644
--- a/test/lisp/eshell/em-script-tests.el
+++ b/test/lisp/eshell/em-script-tests.el
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
          (expand-file-name "eshell-tests-helpers"
                            (file-name-directory (or load-file-name
                                                     default-directory))))
+
+(defvar eshell-execute-file-output)
+
 ;;; Tests:
 
 (ert-deftest em-script-test/source-script ()
@@ -113,6 +116,21 @@ em-script-test/execute-file/args
         (eshell-execute-file temp-file '(1 2 3) t))
       (should (equal (buffer-string) "6")))))
 
+(ert-deftest em-script-test/execute-file/output-file ()
+  "Test `eshell-execute-file' redirecting to a file."
+  (ert-with-temp-file temp-file :text "echo more"
+    (ert-with-temp-file output-file :text "initial"
+      (with-temp-eshell-settings
+        (eshell-execute-file temp-file nil output-file))
+      (should (equal (eshell-test-file-string output-file) "moreinitial")))))
+
+(ert-deftest em-script-test/execute-file/output-symbol ()
+  "Test `eshell-execute-file' redirecting to a symbol."
+  (ert-with-temp-file temp-file :text "echo hi\necho bye"
+    (with-temp-eshell-settings
+      (eshell-execute-file temp-file nil 'eshell-execute-file-output))
+    (should (equal eshell-execute-file-output "hibye"))))
+
 (ert-deftest em-script-test/batch-file ()
   "Test running an Eshell script file as a batch script."
   (ert-with-temp-file temp-file
diff --git a/test/lisp/eshell/esh-io-tests.el b/test/lisp/eshell/esh-io-tests.el
index b4e8c0b4a9a..6add14c05fa 100644
--- a/test/lisp/eshell/esh-io-tests.el
+++ b/test/lisp/eshell/esh-io-tests.el
@@ -34,12 +34,6 @@ eshell-test-value
 (defvar eshell-test-value-with-fun nil)
 (defun eshell-test-value-with-fun ())
 
-(defun eshell-test-file-string (file)
-  "Return the contents of FILE as a string."
-  (with-temp-buffer
-    (insert-file-contents file)
-    (buffer-string)))
-
 (defun eshell/test-output ()
   "Write some test output separately to stdout and stderr."
   (eshell-printn "stdout")
diff --git a/test/lisp/eshell/eshell-tests-helpers.el b/test/lisp/eshell/eshell-tests-helpers.el
index bfd829c95e9..def04be0577 100644
--- a/test/lisp/eshell/eshell-tests-helpers.el
+++ b/test/lisp/eshell/eshell-tests-helpers.el
@@ -139,6 +139,12 @@ eshell-last-output
   (buffer-substring-no-properties
    (eshell-beginning-of-output) (eshell-end-of-output)))
 
+(defun eshell-test-file-string (file)
+  "Return the contents of FILE as a string."
+  (with-temp-buffer
+    (insert-file-contents file)
+    (buffer-string)))
+
 (defun eshell-match-output (regexp)
   "Test whether the output of the last command matches REGEXP."
   (string-match-p regexp (eshell-last-output)))
-- 
2.25.1