From e157fac02d4700e9fa8e1c30265a2d90a51be6f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Josh Bleecher Snyder Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2017 10:17:15 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] test: add README Updates #21034 Change-Id: I951fb48ab3b9ed54d225c11879db8f09048a36a3 Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/50950 Reviewed-by: Rob Pike --- test/README.md | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) create mode 100644 test/README.md diff --git a/test/README.md b/test/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ca6a8c6580 --- /dev/null +++ b/test/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +The test directory contains tests of the Go tool chain and runtime. +It includes black box tests, regression tests, and error output tests. +They are run as part of all.bash. + +To run just these tests, execute: + + go run run.go + +Standard library tests should be written as regular Go tests in the appropriate package. + +The tool chain and runtime also have regular Go tests in their packages. +The main reasons to add a new test to this directory are: + +* it is most naturally expressed using the test runner; or +* it is also applicable to `gccgo` and other Go tool chains. -- 2.50.0