From d64b969257f6077a304afdba159124d4223a481e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Patrik J. Braun" <bra.patrik@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2025 23:15:13 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Adding minimal Test for repository.md #1047

---
 .../model/extension/ExtensionRepository.ts    | 13 ++++++-----
 .../extension/ExtensionRepository.spec.ts     | 22 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 test/backend/unit/model/extension/ExtensionRepository.spec.ts

diff --git a/src/backend/model/extension/ExtensionRepository.ts b/src/backend/model/extension/ExtensionRepository.ts
index f891f625..ca1a062b 100644
--- a/src/backend/model/extension/ExtensionRepository.ts
+++ b/src/backend/model/extension/ExtensionRepository.ts
@@ -30,10 +30,8 @@ export class ExtensionRepository {
     return text;
   }
 
-
-  public async fetchList(): Promise<ExtensionListItem[]> {
-    const res = await (await fetch(Config.Extensions.repositoryUrl)).text();
-    const lines = res.split('\n');
+  public repoMD(text: string): ExtensionListItem[] {
+    const lines = text.split('\n');
     lines.forEach(line => line.trim());
     const tableStartLine = lines.findIndex(l => l.startsWith('|     **Name**     |'));
     const tableHeaderLines = 2;
@@ -62,7 +60,12 @@ export class ExtensionRepository {
         zipUrl: this.getUrlFromMDLink(entries[3])
       });
     });
-    this.extensionsList = extensions;
+    return extensions;
+  }
+
+  public async fetchList(): Promise<ExtensionListItem[]> {
+    const res = await (await fetch(Config.Extensions.repositoryUrl)).text();
+    this.extensionsList = this.repoMD(res);
     this.lastUpdate = new Date().getTime();
     return this.extensionsList;
   }
diff --git a/test/backend/unit/model/extension/ExtensionRepository.spec.ts b/test/backend/unit/model/extension/ExtensionRepository.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..17e0306a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/backend/unit/model/extension/ExtensionRepository.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import {expect} from 'chai';
+import { readFile } from 'fs/promises';
+import {ExtensionRepository} from '../../../../../src/backend/model/extension/ExtensionRepository';
+import {ProjectPath} from '../../../../../src/backend/ProjectPath';
+import path = require('path');
+
+// to help WebStorm to handle the test cases
+declare let describe: any;
+declare const after: any;
+declare const before: any;
+declare const it: any;
+
+
+describe('ExtensionRepository', () => {
+
+  it('should parse MD repo file', async () => {
+
+    const text = await readFile(path.join(ProjectPath.Root,'extension/REPOSITORY.md'), 'utf8');
+    const extensions = (new ExtensionRepository()).repoMD(text);
+    expect(extensions[0].id).to.deep.equal('sample-extension');
+  });
+});