[tests] Moved test logic to dedicated script

Author: nemesifier

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -88,13 +88,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Tests
         if: ${{ !cancelled() && steps.deps.conclusion == 'success' }}
-        run: |
-          coverage run runtests.py --parallel || coverage run ./runtests.py
-          # tests the extension capability
-          SAMPLE_APP=1 coverage run ./runtests.py --parallel --keepdb --exclude-tag=selenium_tests \
-            || SAMPLE_APP=1 coverage run ./runtests.py --keepdb --exclude-tag=selenium_tests
-          coverage combine
-          coverage xml
+        run: ./runtests
         env:
           SELENIUM_HEADLESS: 1
           GECKO_LOG: 1

docs/developer/installation.rst

@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ Run tests with (make sure you have the :ref:`selenium dependencies
 
 .. code-block:: shell
 
-    ./runtests.py --parallel
+    ./runtests
 
 Some tests, such as the Selenium UI tests, require a PostgreSQL database
 to run. If you don't have a PostgreSQL database running on your system,

runtests

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+# standard tests
+coverage run runtests.py --parallel \
+  || coverage run ./runtests.py
+# tests the extension capability
+SAMPLE_APP=1 coverage run ./runtests.py \
+  --parallel --exclude-tag=selenium_tests \
+  || SAMPLE_APP=1 coverage run ./runtests.py \
+  --exclude-tag=selenium_tests
+coverage combine
+coverage xml