text: import os
  import subprocess
  import sys
  
  thisdir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
  metadata_dir = os.path.join(thisdir, "test-recipes/metadata")
  
  
  # no tests here - this is tested at a high level in test_cli.py and in test_api_render.py.
  #   tests here should be lower-level unit tests of the render.py functionality.
  