Re: [PATCH 1/2] docs/devel/testing: add instruction to run a single acceptance test

[Willian Rampazzo]

On Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 5:27 AM Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 04:03:23PM -0300, Willian Rampazzo wrote:
> > Add instructions to the Acceptance tests section about running a
> > single test file or a test within the test file.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Willian Rampazzo <willianr@redhat.com>
> > ---
> >  docs/devel/testing.rst | 14 ++++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/docs/devel/testing.rst b/docs/devel/testing.rst
> > index 4a0abbf23d..b03df34f7b 100644
> > --- a/docs/devel/testing.rst
> > +++ b/docs/devel/testing.rst
> > @@ -740,6 +740,20 @@ may be invoked by running:
> >
> >    tests/venv/bin/avocado run $OPTION1 $OPTION2 tests/acceptance/
> >
> > +It is also possible to run tests from a single file or a single test
> > +within a test file. To run tests from a single file within the build
> > +tree, use:
> > +
> > + .. code::
> > +
> > +  tests/venv/bin/avocado run tests/acceptance/$TESTFILE
>
> Before running this users may well need to run
>
>    make check-venv
>
> we can't assume they have previously done "make check-acceptance"
> as they're possibly just reproducing a failure from gitlab
> CI locally, not running the whole suite.

Indeed!

>
> > +
> > +To run a single test within a test file, use:
> > +
> > + .. code::
> > +
> > +  tests/venv/bin/avocado run 
> > tests/acceptance/$TESTFILE:$TESTCLASS.$TESTNAME
> > +
>
> Valid test names are visible in the output from any previous execution
> of avocado, and can also be queried using
>
>   tests/venv/bin/avocado list tests/acceptance
>

Ack.

> >  Manual Installation
> >  -------------------
> >
> > --
> > 2.31.1
> >
>
> Regards,
> Daniel
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