Looks like it might actually work

spongy/network.go

@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ func ReadLines(fn string) ([]string, error) {
 		line := strings.TrimSpace(scanner.Text())
 		switch {
 		case line == "":
-		case line[0] == '#':
 		default:
 			lines = append(lines, line)
 		}

spongy/network_test.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -12,22 +13,45 @@ func writeFile(fn string, data string) {
 	ioutil.WriteFile(fn, []byte(data), os.ModePerm)
 }
 
-func createNetwork(t *testing.T) (base string) {
+func createNetwork (t *testing.T) (base string, current string) {
 	base, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "spongy-test")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	
-	writeFile(path.Join(base, "nick"), "spongy_test")
+	writeFile(path.Join(base, "nick"), "SpongyTest")
 	writeFile(path.Join(base, "server"), "moo.slashnet.org:6697")
+	writeFile(path.Join(base, "channels"), "#SpongyTest")
 	os.Mkdir(path.Join(base, "outq"), os.ModePerm)
 	os.Mkdir(path.Join(base, "log"), os.ModePerm)
 	
+	current = path.Join(base, "log", "current")
+	
 	return
 }
 
+func expect(t *testing.T, fpath string, needle string) {
+	for i := 0; i < 8; i += 1 {
+		if i > 0 {
+			time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
+		}
+
+		fpBytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(fpath)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Log(err)
+			time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
+			continue
+		}
+		fpString := string(fpBytes)
+		if strings.Contains(fpString, needle) {
+			return
+		}
+	}
+	t.Errorf("Could not find %#v in %s", needle, fpath)
+}
+
 func TestCreateNetwork(t *testing.T) {
-	base := createNetwork(t)
+	base, _ := createNetwork(t)
 	
 	if fi, err := os.Stat(path.Join(base, "nick")); err != nil {
 		t.Error(err)
@@ -42,7 +66,7 @@ func TestCreateNetwork(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestConnect(t *testing.T) {
-	base := createNetwork(t)
+	base, current := createNetwork(t)
 	defer os.RemoveAll(base)
 
 	n := NewNetwork(base)
@@ -50,12 +74,8 @@ func TestConnect(t *testing.T) {
 	
 	time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
 	
-	logBytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(path.Join(base, "log", "current"))
-	if err != nil {
-		n.Close()
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	t.Log("logBytes: ", logBytes)
+	expect(t, current, " 001 ")
+	expect(t, current, " JOIN " + n.Nick + " #SpongyTest")
 	
 	n.Close()
 	return