Add macos tests

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 20
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-latest]
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
         python-version: ["3.11"]
         ctags: [true]
         include:
@@ -23,8 +23,10 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v3
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      - run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y exuberant-ctags
-        if: ${{ matrix.ctags }}
+      - run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y universal-ctags
+        if: matrix.ctags && os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+      - run: brew install universal-ctags
+        if: matrix.ctags && os == 'macos-latest'
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
           git config --global user.email "you@example.com"

klaus/ctagsutils.py

@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ import shutil
 import tempfile
 
 
-def check_have_exuberant_ctags():
-    """Check that the 'ctags' binary is *Exuberant* ctags (not etags etc)"""
+def check_have_compatible_ctags():
+    """Check that the 'ctags' binary is a compatible ctags (Universal or Exuberant, not etags etc)"""
     try:
-        return b"Exuberant" in subprocess.check_output(
+        out = subprocess.check_output(
             ["ctags", "--version"], stderr=subprocess.PIPE
         )
+        return b"Universal" in out or b"Exuberant" in out
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
         return False
 
@@ -23,8 +24,8 @@ def create_tagsfile(git_repo_path, git_rev):
     :return: path to the generated tagsfile
     """
     assert (
-        check_have_exuberant_ctags()
-    ), "'ctags' binary is missing or not *Exuberant* ctags"
+        check_have_compatible_ctags()
+    ), "'ctags' binary is missing or not *Universal* (or *Exuberant*) ctags"
 
     _, target_tagsfile = tempfile.mkstemp()
     checkout_tmpdir = tempfile.mkdtemp()