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author | MarcoFalke <falke.marco@gmail.com> | 2016-11-02 23:35:52 +0100 |
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committer | MarcoFalke <falke.marco@gmail.com> | 2016-11-02 23:36:16 +0100 |
commit | c9bdf9a75f9fde8cd011e4aa94be4ed4347078a3 (patch) | |
tree | e4d16ab6fa9c3fdd5605734d9edb83c3ab9e0ca4 | |
parent | 6a1343f73bd0f6744cfcfda1e3e1c8998f67e2d7 (diff) | |
parent | eedc4618820ea4acc5a34a7761a3511ede95dc9e (diff) |
Merge #9065: Merge `doc/unit-tests.md` into `src/test/README.md`
eedc461 Merge `doc/unit-tests.md` into `src/test/README.md` (Wladimir J. van der Laan)
-rw-r--r-- | README.md | 5 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/README.md | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/unit-tests.md | 18 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | src/test/README.md | 47 |
4 files changed, 37 insertions, 34 deletions
@@ -49,9 +49,10 @@ lots of money. ### Automated Testing -Developers are strongly encouraged to write [unit tests](/doc/unit-tests.md) for new code, and to +Developers are strongly encouraged to write [unit tests](src/test/README.md) for new code, and to submit new unit tests for old code. Unit tests can be compiled and run -(assuming they weren't disabled in configure) with: `make check` +(assuming they weren't disabled in configure) with: `make check`. Further details on running +and extending unit tests can be found in [/src/test/README.md](/src/test/README.md). There are also [regression and integration tests](/qa) of the RPC interface, written in Python, that are run automatically on the build server. diff --git a/doc/README.md b/doc/README.md index e4fa49614a..8b9c0ea262 100644 --- a/doc/README.md +++ b/doc/README.md @@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ The Bitcoin repo's [root README](/README.md) contains relevant information on th - [Source Code Documentation (External Link)](https://dev.visucore.com/bitcoin/doxygen/) - [Translation Process](translation_process.md) - [Translation Strings Policy](translation_strings_policy.md) -- [Unit Tests](unit-tests.md) - [Travis CI](travis-ci.md) - [Unauthenticated REST Interface](REST-interface.md) - [Shared Libraries](shared-libraries.md) diff --git a/doc/unit-tests.md b/doc/unit-tests.md deleted file mode 100644 index afaece829c..0000000000 --- a/doc/unit-tests.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,18 +0,0 @@ -Compiling/running unit tests ------------------------------------- - -Unit tests will be automatically compiled if dependencies were met in `./configure` -and tests weren't explicitly disabled. - -After configuring, they can be run with `make check`. - -To run the bitcoind tests manually, launch `src/test/test_bitcoin`. - -To add more bitcoind tests, add `BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE` functions to the existing -.cpp files in the `test/` directory or add new .cpp files that -implement new BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE sections. - -To run the bitcoin-qt tests manually, launch `src/qt/test/test_bitcoin-qt` - -To add more bitcoin-qt tests, add them to the `src/qt/test/` directory and -the `src/qt/test/test_main.cpp` file. diff --git a/src/test/README.md b/src/test/README.md index 3afdefe5fc..8f99804e10 100644 --- a/src/test/README.md +++ b/src/test/README.md @@ -1,4 +1,36 @@ -# Notes +### Compiling/running unit tests + +Unit tests will be automatically compiled if dependencies were met in `./configure` +and tests weren't explicitly disabled. + +After configuring, they can be run with `make check`. + +To run the bitcoind tests manually, launch `src/test/test_bitcoin`. + +To add more bitcoind tests, add `BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE` functions to the existing +.cpp files in the `test/` directory or add new .cpp files that +implement new BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE sections. + +To run the bitcoin-qt tests manually, launch `src/qt/test/test_bitcoin-qt` + +To add more bitcoin-qt tests, add them to the `src/qt/test/` directory and +the `src/qt/test/test_main.cpp` file. + +### Running individual tests + +test_bitcoin has some built-in command-line arguments; for +example, to run just the getarg_tests verbosely: + + test_bitcoin --log_level=all --run_test=getarg_tests + +... or to run just the doubledash test: + + test_bitcoin --run_test=getarg_tests/doubledash + +Run `test_bitcoin --help` for the full list. + +### Note on adding test cases + The sources in this directory are unit test cases. Boost includes a unit testing framework, and since bitcoin already uses boost, it makes sense to simply use this framework rather than require developers to @@ -19,17 +51,6 @@ For further reading, I found the following website to be helpful in explaining how the boost unit test framework works: [http://www.alittlemadness.com/2009/03/31/c-unit-testing-with-boosttest/](http://www.alittlemadness.com/2009/03/31/c-unit-testing-with-boosttest/). -test_bitcoin has some built-in command-line arguments; for -example, to run just the getarg_tests verbosely: - - test_bitcoin --log_level=all --run_test=getarg_tests - -... or to run just the doubledash test: - - test_bitcoin --run_test=getarg_tests/doubledash - -Run `test_bitcoin --help` for the full list. - ### bitcoin-util-test.py The test directory also contains the bitcoin-util-test.py tool, which tests bitcoin utils (currently just bitcoin-tx). This test gets run automatically during the `make check` build process. It is also possible to run the test manually from the src directory: @@ -37,4 +58,4 @@ The test directory also contains the bitcoin-util-test.py tool, which tests bitc ``` test/bitcoin-util-test.py --srcdir=[current directory] -```
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