update testing notes, and test space path support

- added docs on running the internal test suite using `tox`
- added a test for creating a Python environment in a path with spaces
- added a test for creating a Python environment while locating the needed wheel sources in a path with spaces

2 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/docs/development.rst b/docs/development.rst
index ea216ea..b7640a3 100644
--- a/docs/development.rst
+++ b/docs/development.rst
@@ -46,6 +46,19 @@ Or select just a single test file to run::
 
     $ pytest tests/test_virtualenv
 
+You can also run the tests using ``tox`` which will take care of installing all
+the necessary requirements into its constructed Python environments. You just
+need to install ``tox`` in your environment using::
+
+    $ python -m pip install tox
+
+and then run the tests with a specific Python version using a call like::
+
+    $ python -m tox -e python3.6
+
+Run ``python -m tox -av`` for a list of all supported Python environments or just run the
+tests in all of the available ones by running just ``tox``.
+
 Status and License
 ------------------
 
diff --git a/tests/test_virtualenv.py b/tests/test_virtualenv.py
index 9505b0d..fa1f74d 100644
--- a/tests/test_virtualenv.py
+++ b/tests/test_virtualenv.py
@@ -376,3 +376,20 @@ def test_missing_certifi_pem(tmp_path):
     venvdir = tmp_path / "venv"
     search_dirs = [str(wheeldir), str(support_original)]
     virtualenv.create_environment(str(venvdir), search_dirs=search_dirs)
+
+
+def test_create_environment_from_dir_with_spaces(tmpdir):
+    """Should work with wheel sources read from a dir with spaces."""
+    ve_path = str(tmpdir / "venv")
+    spaced_support_dir = str(tmpdir / "support with spaces")
+    from virtualenv_support import __file__ as support_dir
+
+    support_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(support_dir))
+    shutil.copytree(support_dir, spaced_support_dir)
+    virtualenv.create_environment(ve_path, search_dirs=[spaced_support_dir])
+
+
+def test_create_environment_in_dir_with_spaces(tmpdir):
+    """Should work with environment path containing spaces."""
+    ve_path = str(tmpdir / "venv with spaces")
+    virtualenv.create_environment(ve_path)