From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#37476: [PATCH] Document ert test selectors in batch mode Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2019 15:05:40 +0200 Message-ID: <871rw8wkez.fsf@gnus.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="241630"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 37476@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Kangas Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Sep 22 15:06:13 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iC1Z6-0010kh-JC for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 22 Sep 2019 15:06:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46772 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iC1Z5-0008Di-Dh for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 22 Sep 2019 09:06:11 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:33515) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iC1Yx-0008Ci-Un for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Sep 2019 09:06:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iC1Yw-00058f-Oe for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Sep 2019 09:06:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:52914) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iC1Yw-00058U-Kx for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Sep 2019 09:06:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iC1Yw-0005vn-E7 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Sep 2019 09:06:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2019 13:06:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 37476 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 37476-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B37476.156915754722771 (code B ref 37476); Sun, 22 Sep 2019 13:06:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 37476) by debbugs.gnu.org; 22 Sep 2019 13:05:47 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33502 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iC1Yh-0005vC-2g for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 22 Sep 2019 09:05:47 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]:37478) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iC1Ye-0005v1-H8 for 37476@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 22 Sep 2019 09:05:45 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=marnie) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iC1Ya-0004Gn-MO; Sun, 22 Sep 2019 15:05:43 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Stefan Kangas's message of "Sat, 21 Sep 2019 15:09:09 +0200") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:166905 Archived-At: Stefan Kangas 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? -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no