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t/README: mention test files are make targets
Since 23fc63b (make tests ignorable with "make -i", 2005-11-08), each test file defines a target in the test Makefile, such that one can invoke: make *checkout* to run all tests with 'checkout' in their filename. This is useful to run a subset of tests when you have a good idea of what part of the code is touched by the changes your are testing. Document that in t/README to help new (or more seasoned) contributors that might not be aware. Signed-off-by: Philippe Blain <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <[email protected]>
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t/Makefile defines a target for each test file, such that you can also use
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shell pattern matching to run a subset of the tests:
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make *checkout*
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will run all tests with 'checkout' in their filename.
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Since the tests all output TAP (see https://testanything.org) they can
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be run with any TAP harness. Here's an example of parallel testing
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powered by a recent version of prove(1):

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