tests/testutils/repo/git.py: Adding remove_path() helper

A function for removing paths from a git repo, can also
be used to remove submodules.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tests/testutils/repo/git.py b/tests/testutils/repo/git.py
index fe3ebd547..b2d480975 100644
--- a/tests/testutils/repo/git.py
+++ b/tests/testutils/repo/git.py
@@ -76,6 +76,12 @@ class Git(Repo):
         self._run_git('commit', '-m', 'Added the submodule')
         return self.latest_commit()
 
+    # This can also be used to a file or a submodule
+    def remove_path(self, path):
+        self._run_git('rm', path)
+        self._run_git('commit', '-m', 'Removing {}'.format(path))
+        return self.latest_commit()
+
     def source_config(self, ref=None, checkout_submodules=None):
         config = {
             'kind': 'git',