diff --git a/scripts/modowners/modowners_generation_script_test.go b/scripts/modowners/modowners_generation_script_test.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+/*
+load in the modules
+
+	for each module, call func that takes in module name and return list of files
+	with list of files, call func that takes in list of files, returns presumed owner (single team name)
+	modify modfile, write it back out (should be straightfwd) modfile.AddComment
+		need to write it back to my filesystem as go.mod.altered, compare to go.mod, raise the PR
+
+write new output to test_go.mod so i can compare and make sure it's valid
+
+	when i want to raise pr, copy test_go.mod and paste into go.mod
+
+dont worry about if things are in the right place
+*/
+func TestGetFiles(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, test := range []struct {
+		moduleName     string
+		expectedResult []string
+	}{
+		{"test1.mod", []string{"file1.go", "file2.go", "file3.go"}},
+		{"test2.mod", []string{"file4.go"}},
+		{"test3.mod", []string{"file5.go", "file6.go", "file7.go", "file8.go"}},
+	} {
+		result, err := getFiles(test.moduleName)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Error("error getting files", err)
+		}
+		// Compare each file in the result and expected slices
+		for i := range result {
+			if result[i] != test.expectedResult[i] {
+				t.Errorf("Expected file '%s', but got file '%s'", test.expectedResult[i], result[i])
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}