add test for examples (#21)

Co-authored-by: Thomas Jungblut <[email protected]>

.github/workflows/unit-test.yml

@@ -15,5 +15,7 @@ jobs:
           go-version: 1.19
       - name: Go vet
         run: make vet
-      - name: Test
+      - name: Unit Test
         run: make unit-test
+      - name: Example Test
+        run: make example-test

Makefile

@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ linear-simpledb:
 	$(GO) clean -testcache
 	$(GO) test -v -timeout 30m --tags simpleDBlinear $(GOFLAGS) ./simpledb/porcupine $(TESTFLAGS)
 
+.PHONY: example-test
+example-test:
+	/bin/bash test_examples.sh
+
 .PHONY: generate-test-files
 generate-test-files:
 	@echo

test_examples.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+ex_files=$(ls _examples/*.go)
+for f_name in $ex_files; do
+  echo "running $f_name"
+  go run $f_name
+  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "failure while running $f_name"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+done