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diff --git a/doc/contributing.rst b/doc/contributing.rst index 71fa6937..24a2636d 100644 --- a/doc/contributing.rst +++ b/doc/contributing.rst @@ -122,13 +122,14 @@ To limit tox to just a few versions of Python, use the ``-e`` switch:: To run just a few tests, you can use `pytest test selectors`_:: $ tox tests/test_misc.py - $ tox tests/test_misc.py::SetupPyTest - $ tox tests/test_misc.py::SetupPyTest::test_metadata + $ tox tests/test_misc.py::HasherTest + $ tox tests/test_misc.py::HasherTest::test_string_hashing These command run the tests in one file, one class, and just one test, respectively. -You can also affect the test runs with environment variables: +You can also affect the test runs with environment variables. Define any of +these as 1 to use them: - COVERAGE_NO_PYTRACER disables the Python tracer if you only want to run the CTracer tests. @@ -142,6 +143,10 @@ You can also affect the test runs with environment variables: - COVERAGE_KEEP_OUTPUT will save the output files that were generated by the gold-file tests, ones that compare output files to saved gold files. +- COVERAGE_KEEP_TMP keeps the temporary directories in which tests are run. + This makes debugging tests easier. The temporary directories are at + ``$TMPDIR/coverage_test/*``, and are named for the test that made them. + Of course, run all the tests on every version of Python you have, before submitting a change. |