From: Andrew Gerrand <adg@golang.org>
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2016 01:04:15 +0000 (+1000)
Subject: cmd/go: document that -run=^$ skips all tests
X-Git-Tag: go1.7beta1~780
X-Git-Url: http://www.git.cypherpunks.su/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=20375f64b18e9f904302d8f873e23702117bf4f5;p=gostls13.git

cmd/go: document that -run=^$ skips all tests

Change-Id: I7bbdd9600e0d9a647aeea16f1ae9e42a4e0cf44d
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/21823
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
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diff --git a/src/cmd/go/alldocs.go b/src/cmd/go/alldocs.go
index 1f5981055c..ac975c0ab7 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/alldocs.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/alldocs.go
@@ -1347,8 +1347,8 @@ control the execution of any test:
 
 	-bench regexp
 	    Run benchmarks matching the regular expression.
-	    By default, no benchmarks run. To run all benchmarks,
-	    use '-bench .' or '-bench=.'.
+	    By default, no benchmarks run.
+	    To run all benchmarks, use '-bench=.'.
 
 	-benchmem
 	    Print memory allocation statistics for benchmarks.
@@ -1435,7 +1435,9 @@ control the execution of any test:
 
 	-run regexp
 	    Run only those tests and examples matching the regular
-	    expression.
+	    expression. By default, all tests run.
+	    To skip all tests, use a pattern that matches no test names,
+	    such as '-run=^$'.
 
 	-short
 	    Tell long-running tests to shorten their run time.
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/test.go b/src/cmd/go/test.go
index a17bc4e982..8dbd9e22bf 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/test.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/test.go
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ control the execution of any test:
 const testFlag2 = `
 	-bench regexp
 	    Run benchmarks matching the regular expression.
-	    By default, no benchmarks run. To run all benchmarks,
-	    use '-bench .' or '-bench=.'.
+	    By default, no benchmarks run.
+	    To run all benchmarks, use '-bench=.'.
 
 	-benchmem
 	    Print memory allocation statistics for benchmarks.
@@ -214,7 +214,9 @@ const testFlag2 = `
 
 	-run regexp
 	    Run only those tests and examples matching the regular
-	    expression.
+	    expression. By default, all tests run.
+	    To skip all tests, use a pattern that matches no test names,
+	    such as '-run=^$'.
 
 	-short
 	    Tell long-running tests to shorten their run time.