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diff --git a/src/test/README.md b/src/test/README.md index b2d6be14f1..3afdefe5fc 100644 --- a/src/test/README.md +++ b/src/test/README.md @@ -5,18 +5,15 @@ sense to simply use this framework rather than require developers to configure some other framework (we want as few impediments to creating unit tests as possible). -The build system is setup to compile an executable called "test_bitcoin" +The build system is setup to compile an executable called `test_bitcoin` that runs all of the unit tests. The main source file is called -test_bitcoin.cpp, which simply includes other files that contain the -actual unit tests (outside of a couple required preprocessor -directives). The pattern is to create one test file for each class or -source file for which you want to create unit tests. The file naming -convention is "<source_filename>_tests.cpp" and such files should wrap -their tests in a test suite called "<source_filename>_tests". For an -examples of this pattern, examine uint160_tests.cpp and -uint256_tests.cpp. - -Add the source files to /src/Makefile.test.include to add them to the build. +test_bitcoin.cpp. To add a new unit test file to our test suite you need +to add the file to `src/Makefile.test.include`. The pattern is to create +one test file for each class or source file for which you want to create +unit tests. The file naming convention is `<source_filename>_tests.cpp` +and such files should wrap their tests in a test suite +called `<source_filename>_tests`. For an example of this pattern, +examine `uint256_tests.cpp`. For further reading, I found the following website to be helpful in explaining how the boost unit test framework works: @@ -31,5 +28,13 @@ example, to run just the getarg_tests verbosely: test_bitcoin --run_test=getarg_tests/doubledash -Run test_bitcoin --help for the full list. +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: + +``` +test/bitcoin-util-test.py --srcdir=[current directory] +```
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