1 files changed, 36 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/tests/unittests/test_helpers.py b/tests/unittests/test_helpers.py
index 2e4582a0..69291597 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/test_helpers.py
+++ b/tests/unittests/test_helpers.py
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 """Tests of the built-in user data handlers."""
 
 import os
-
-from cloudinit.tests import helpers as test_helpers
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from cloudinit import sources
+from tests.unittests import helpers as test_helpers
 
 
 class MyDataSource(sources.DataSource):
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ class TestPaths(test_helpers.ResourceUsingTestCase):
         mypaths = self.getCloudPaths(myds)
 
         self.assertEqual(
-            os.path.join(mypaths.cloud_dir, 'instances', safe_iid),
-            mypaths.get_ipath())
+            os.path.join(mypaths.cloud_dir, "instances", safe_iid),
+            mypaths.get_ipath(),
+        )
 
     def test_get_ipath_and_empty_instance_id_returns_none(self):
         myds = MyDataSource(sys_cfg={}, distro=None, paths={})
@@ -34,4 +35,35 @@ class TestPaths(test_helpers.ResourceUsingTestCase):
 
         self.assertIsNone(mypaths.get_ipath())
 
+
+class Testcloud_init_project_dir:
+    top_dir = test_helpers.get_top_level_dir()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _get_top_level_dir_alt_implementation():
+        """Alternative implementation for comparing against.
+
+        Note: Recursively searching for .git/ fails during build tests due to
+        .git not existing. This implementation assumes that ../../../ is the
+        relative path to the cloud-init project directory form this file.
+        """
+        out = Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent.resolve()
+        return out
+
+    def test_top_level_dir(self):
+        """Assert the location of the top project directory is correct"""
+        assert self.top_dir == self._get_top_level_dir_alt_implementation()
+
+    def test_cloud_init_project_dir(self):
+        """Assert cloud_init_project_dir produces an expected location
+
+        Compare the returned value to an alternate (naive) implementation
+        """
+        assert (
+            str(Path(self.top_dir, "test"))
+            == test_helpers.cloud_init_project_dir("test")
+            == str(Path(self._get_top_level_dir_alt_implementation(), "test"))
+        )
+
+
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