implement stage 1 : python unit tests

.github/workflows/ci-tests.yml

@@ -140,6 +140,33 @@ jobs:
                   ../venv/bin/python -m pytest test/bdd --nominatim-purge
               working-directory: Nominatim
 
+    tests-windows:
+        needs: create-archive
+        runs-on: windows-latest
+
+        steps:
+            - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+              with:
+                  name: full-source
+
+            - name: Unpack Nominatim
+              run: tar xf nominatim-src.tar.bz2
+
+            - name: Set up Python
+              uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+              with:
+                  python-version: '3.11'
+                  
+            - name: Install test prerequisites
+              run: |
+                  python -m pip install -U pip
+                  python -m pip install pytest pytest-asyncio "psycopg[binary]!=3.3.0" python-dotenv pyyaml jinja2 psutil sqlalchemy
+
+            - name: Python unit tests (Windows subset)
+              run: |
+                  python -m pytest test/python/utils test/python/config test/python/api/test_api_types.py test/python/api/search/test_query.py test/python/api/query_processing/test_regex_replace.py test/python/api/query_processing/test_split_japanese_phrases.py
+              working-directory: Nominatim
+
     install:
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
         needs: create-archive

test/python/config/test_config.py

@@ -200,14 +200,15 @@ def test_get_path_empty(make_config):
     assert not config.get_path('TOKENIZER_CONFIG')
 
 
-def test_get_path_absolute(make_config, monkeypatch):
+def test_get_path_absolute(make_config, monkeypatch, tmp_path):
     config = make_config()
 
-    monkeypatch.setenv('NOMINATIM_FOOBAR', '/dont/care')
+    p = (tmp_path / "does_not_exist").resolve()
+    monkeypatch.setenv('NOMINATIM_FOOBAR', str(p))
     result = config.get_path('FOOBAR')
 
     assert isinstance(result, Path)
-    assert str(result) == '/dont/care'
+    assert str(result) == str(p)
 
 
 def test_get_path_relative(make_config, monkeypatch, tmp_path):