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-rw-r--r--test/README.md23
-rwxr-xr-xtest/functional/test_runner.py19
2 files changed, 38 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/test/README.md b/test/README.md
index ecea3213ab..8f08b7afe4 100644
--- a/test/README.md
+++ b/test/README.md
@@ -49,6 +49,29 @@ You can run any combination (incl. duplicates) of tests by calling:
test/functional/test_runner.py <testname1> <testname2> <testname3> ...
```
+Wildcard test names can be passed, if the paths are coherent and the test runner
+is called from a `bash` shell or similar that does the globbing. For example,
+to run all the wallet tests:
+
+```
+test/functional/test_runner.py test/functional/wallet*
+functional/test_runner.py functional/wallet* (called from the test/ directory)
+test_runner.py wallet* (called from the test/functional/ directory)
+```
+
+but not
+
+```
+test/functional/test_runner.py wallet*
+```
+
+Combinations of wildcards can be passed:
+
+```
+test/functional/test_runner.py ./test/functional/tool* test/functional/mempool*
+test_runner.py tool* mempool*
+```
+
Run the regression test suite with:
```
diff --git a/test/functional/test_runner.py b/test/functional/test_runner.py
index 96786e41b4..71738be1d0 100755
--- a/test/functional/test_runner.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_runner.py
@@ -270,11 +270,22 @@ def main():
test_list = []
if tests:
# Individual tests have been specified. Run specified tests that exist
- # in the ALL_SCRIPTS list. Accept the name with or without .py extension.
- tests = [test + ".py" if ".py" not in test else test for test in tests]
+ # in the ALL_SCRIPTS list. Accept names with or without a .py extension.
+ # Specified tests can contain wildcards, but in that case the supplied
+ # paths should be coherent, e.g. the same path as that provided to call
+ # test_runner.py. Examples:
+ # `test/functional/test_runner.py test/functional/wallet*`
+ # `test/functional/test_runner.py ./test/functional/wallet*`
+ # `test_runner.py wallet*`
+ # but not:
+ # `test/functional/test_runner.py wallet*`
+ # Multiple wildcards can be passed:
+ # `test_runner.py tool* mempool*`
for test in tests:
- if test in ALL_SCRIPTS:
- test_list.append(test)
+ script = test.split("/")[-1]
+ script = script + ".py" if ".py" not in script else script
+ if script in ALL_SCRIPTS:
+ test_list.append(script)
else:
print("{}WARNING!{} Test '{}' not found in full test list.".format(BOLD[1], BOLD[0], test))
elif args.extended: