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Merge #11219: [docs] explain how to recompile a modified unit test
478d4fb [docs] explain how to recompile only what bitcoind tests need (Sjors Provoost) Pull request description: It was not obvious to me to run `make` inside the test directory, especially because `make src/test` and `make src/test/test_bitcoin` result in `make: Nothing to be done for ...`. Tree-SHA512: 5fe66c45c50af42d4fed42e3008b1dc4de7ea448f5265a34f4b2f355aa4a48a8187918a49fc9f82e8dd9706bc72c59d0fd67d86057fd816eb317832e46ada7ba
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After configuring, they can be run with `make check`.
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To run the bitcoind tests manually, launch `src/test/test_bitcoin`.
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To run the bitcoind tests manually, launch `src/test/test_bitcoin`. To recompile
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after a test file was modified, run `make` and then run the test again. If you
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modify a non-test file, use `make -C src/test` to recompile only what's needed
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to run the bitcoind tests.
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To add more bitcoind tests, add `BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE` functions to the existing
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.cpp files in the `test/` directory or add new .cpp files that

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