From: Angus Gratton <angus@espressif.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2016 04:35:17 +0000 (+1100)
Subject: Build tests: Use & document clean_build_dir
X-Git-Tag: v1.0~113^2
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=746ad41d890f8e2e60b5ace63a7910b7c60b89e6;p=esp-idf

Build tests: Use & document clean_build_dir
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diff --git a/make/test_build_system.sh b/make/test_build_system.sh
index a6de14987b..7c8cbc1f1e 100755
--- a/make/test_build_system.sh
+++ b/make/test_build_system.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
 # * The function "take_build_snapshot" can be paired with the functions "assert_rebuilt" and "assert_not_rebuilt" to compare file timestamps and verify if they were rebuilt or not since the snapshot was taken.
 #
 # To add a new test case, add it to the end of the run_tests function. Note that not all test cases do comprehensive cleanup
-# (although very invasive ones like appending CRLFs to all files take a copy of the esp-idf tree.)
+# (although very invasive ones like appending CRLFs to all files take a copy of the esp-idf tree), however the clean_build_dir
+# function can be used to force-delete all files from the build output directory.
 
 # Set up some variables
 #
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ function run_tests()
     fi
 
     print_status "Bootloader build shouldn't leave build output anywhere else"
-    rm -rf --preserve-root ${BUILD}
+    clean_build_dir
     make bootloader
     # find wizardry: find any file not named sdkconfig.h that
     # isn't in the "bootloader" or "config" directories