From 93384da22620f9ab2304ccfc54c8bd6bc8009303 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jelmer Vernooij Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:54:50 +0200 Subject: selftest: Document the fact that test runner and formatter are now separate tools. --- selftest/README | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) (limited to 'selftest/README') diff --git a/selftest/README b/selftest/README index a8c5101a61..4ae043692d 100644 --- a/selftest/README +++ b/selftest/README @@ -3,6 +3,15 @@ This directory contains test scripts that are useful for running a bunch of tests all at once. +There are two parts to this: + + * The test runner (selftest/selftest.pl) + * The test formatter + +selftest.pl simply outputs subunit, which can then be formatted or analyzed +by tools that understand the subunit protocol. One of these tools is +format-subunit.pl, which is used by default as part of "make test". + Available testsuites ==================== The available testsuites are obtained from a script, usually -- cgit