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bug#37476: [PATCH] Document ert test selectors in batch mode
From: |
Lars Ingebrigtsen |
Subject: |
bug#37476: [PATCH] Document ert test selectors in batch mode |
Date: |
Sun, 22 Sep 2019 15:05:40 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se> writes:
> I think it would be good to document how to use test selectors on the
> ert manual page that talks about running tests in batch mode. I came
> up with the following suggested patch.
>
> Any comments?
[...]
> -If ERT is not part of your Emacs distribution, you may need to use
> +You can specify selectors to only run a subset of your tests
> +(@pxref{Test Selectors}). For example, the following would run all
> +tests where the name of the test matches the string ``to-match''.
> +
> +@example
> +emacs -batch -l ert -l my-tests.el \
> + -eval '(ert-run-tests-batch-and-exit "to-match")'
> +@end example
I guess that would be nice to have documented, but it's not a use case
I've ever had. Tests are usually grouped in separate files, so you'd
usually have (as in Emacs) "make foo-tests" or whatever in your
Makefiles.
> +If you are using a version of Emacs older than 24.1, ERT is not part
> +of your Emacs distribution. In this case, you may need to use
The Emacs manuals usually document what's currently in Emacs, so it's a
bit odd to be talking about Emacs 24.1 here, isn't it? So perhaps that
paragraph should just be removed?
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- bug#37476: [PATCH] Document ert test selectors in batch mode, Stefan Kangas, 2019/09/21
- bug#37476: [PATCH] Document ert test selectors in batch mode,
Lars Ingebrigtsen <=
- bug#37476: [PATCH] Document ert test selectors in batch mode, Stefan Kangas, 2019/09/22
- bug#37476: [PATCH] Document ert test selectors in batch mode, Eli Zaretskii, 2019/09/22
- bug#37476: [PATCH] Document ert test selectors in batch mode, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2019/09/22
- bug#37476: [PATCH] Document ert test selectors in batch mode, Stefan Kangas, 2019/09/28
- bug#37476: [PATCH] Document ert test selectors in batch mode, Michael Albinus, 2019/09/29
- bug#37476: [PATCH] Document ert test selectors in batch mode, Stefan Kangas, 2019/09/29