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author | Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> | 2016-01-05 09:47:41 +0100 |
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committer | Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> | 2016-01-05 09:47:41 +0100 |
commit | f5c762c8785523a2d38088aa48452bffa4da69d6 (patch) | |
tree | d23f15de5a03de7500187468e25c6ee98b45c950 /CONTRIBUTE | |
parent | 1729cf3eb5a37affcac185bea66b203f9ff0fa8e (diff) | |
download | emacs-f5c762c8785523a2d38088aa48452bffa4da69d6.tar.gz |
Additional changes for "make check-expensive"
* CONTRIBUTE : Encourage use of ":tags '(:expensive-test)".
Explain make target `check-expensive'.
* etc/NEWS: Mention new make target `check-expensive'.
* test/automated/Makefile.in (check-doit): New target.
(check, check-expensive): Use it.
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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTE b/CONTRIBUTE index 9061007fc9c..9c53fe2cccc 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTE +++ b/CONTRIBUTE @@ -251,12 +251,20 @@ Emacs uses ERT, Emacs Lisp Regression Testing, for testing. See (info "(ert)") or https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/ert/ for more information on writing and running tests. +If your test lasts longer than some few seconds, mark it in its +`ert-deftest' definition with ":tags '(:expensive-test)". + To run tests on the entire Emacs tree, run "make check" from the top-level directory. Most tests are in the directory "test/automated". From the "test/automated" directory, run "make <filename>" to run the tests for <filename>.el(c). See "test/automated/Makefile" for more information. +Tests which are tagged ":expensive-test" are enabled additionally, if +you run "make check-expensive" from the top-level directory. "make +<filename>" as mentioned above incorporates expensive tests for +<filename>.el(c). + ** Understanding Emacs Internals. The best way to understand Emacs Internals is to read the code, |