Migrate the remaining (standalone) test/ext tests to pytest

[bup.git] / HACKING

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@@ -60,26 +60,24 @@ We also love a good "Tested-by:" -- the more the merrier.
 Testing
 =======
 
 Testing
 =======
 

-You can run the test suite much more quickly via "make -j test" (as
-compared to "make test"), at the expense of slightly more confusing
-output (interleaved parallel test output), and inaccurate intermediate
-success/failure counts, but the final counts displayed should be
-correct.
+Individual tests can be run via

 
 

-Individual non-Python tests can be run via
+    ./pytest TEST

 
 

-    ./wvtest run test/ext/TEST
+For example:

 
 

-and if you'd like to see all of the test output, you can omit the
-wvtest run wrapper: `test/ext/TEST`.  Individual Python tests can be
-run via
-
-    ./pytest test/int/test_something.py
+    ./pytest test/int/test_git.py
+    ./pytest test/ext/test-ftp

 
 Internal tests that test bup's code directly are located in test/int,
 and external tests that test bup from the outside, typically by
 running the executable, are located in test/ext.
 
 
 Internal tests that test bup's code directly are located in test/int,
 and external tests that test bup from the outside, typically by
 running the executable, are located in test/ext.
 

+Currently, all pytests must be located in either test/ext or test/int.
+Internal test filenames must match test_*.py, and external tests must
+be located in text/ext and their filenames must match test-* (see
+test/ext/conftest.py for the handling of the latter).  Any paths
+matching those criteria will be automatically collected by pytest.

 
 Some aspects of the environment are automatically restored after each
 test via fixtures in conftest.py, including the state of the
 
 Some aspects of the environment are automatically restored after each
 test via fixtures in conftest.py, including the state of the