Re: [PATCH 1/3] test-lib: allow selecting tests by substring/regex with --run
From: Taylor Blau <hidden>
Date: 2020-10-13 15:39:07
On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 11:26:02PM +0000, Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget wrote:
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diff --git a/t/README b/t/README index 2adaf7c2d2..23639c5bcf 100644 --- a/t/README +++ b/t/README@@ -258,13 +258,13 @@ For an individual test suite --run could be used to specify that only some tests should be run or that some tests should be excluded from a run. -The argument for --run is a list of individual test numbers or -ranges with an optional negation prefix that define what tests in -a test suite to include in the run. A range is two numbers -separated with a dash and matches a range of tests with both ends -been included. You may omit the first or the second number to -mean "from the first test" or "up to the very last test" -respectively. +The argument for --run, <test-selector>, is a list of description +substrings or regexes or individual test numbers or ranges with an +optional negation prefix that define what tests in a test suite to +include in the run. A range is two numbers separated with a dash and +matches a range of tests with both ends been included. You may omit +the first or the second number to mean "from the first test" or "up to +the very last test" respectively. Optional prefix of '!' means that the test or a range of tests should be excluded from the run.
This piece of documentation looks to be now out of date; it mentions a "test or range of tests", but that only covers a two of the now four ways to describe a test. The rest of the patch looks great to me; and I, too, am very excited about it. Thanks, Taylor