I just learned about checkdoc, and it should probably be mentioned too.<div><br>On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 3:02 AM, Samer Masterson &lt;samer@samertm.com&gt; wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite">Hey list,<div><br></div><div>As a new contributor, I have no idea how to run or write tests for Emacs, which means I end up testing my patches manually and miss bugs. I could try to learn how Emacs uses tests on my own, but it would benefit future new contributors if we added a section on testing to CONTRIBUTE.</div><div><br></div><div>Here is what I would want to see:</div><div>&nbsp;- How to write tests, with a pointer to an internal Emacs package that has idiomatic and comprehensive tests.</div><div>&nbsp;- How to run tests on the entire tree and on individual files.</div><div>&nbsp;- A pointer to an info page on the testing framework/pattern that most internal Emacs packages use.</div><div><br></div><div>Would anyone be interested in working on this? cc'ing Step
 hen Leake because he lead the most recent major changes to CONTRIBUTE.</div><div><br></div><div>-samer</div></blockquote></div>