[py-svn] r37989 - py/trunk/py/doc
cfbolz at codespeak.net
cfbolz at codespeak.net
Tue Feb 6 00:50:12 CET 2007
Author: cfbolz
Date: Tue Feb 6 00:50:11 2007
New Revision: 37989
Modified:
py/trunk/py/doc/test.txt
Log:
add an overview over py.tests command-line options
Modified: py/trunk/py/doc/test.txt
==============================================================================
--- py/trunk/py/doc/test.txt (original)
+++ py/trunk/py/doc/test.txt Tue Feb 6 00:50:11 2007
@@ -370,6 +370,130 @@
your setup function callable. Did we mention that lazyness
is a virtue?
+Some ``py.test`` command-line options
+=====================================
+
+Regular options
+---------------
+
+``-v, --verbose``:
+
+ Increase verbosity. This shows a test per line while running and also
+ shows the traceback after interrupting the test run with Ctrl-C.
+
+
+``-x, --exitfirst``:
+
+ exit instantly on the first error or the first failed test.
+
+
+``-s, --nocapture``:
+
+ disable catching of sys.stdout/stderr output.
+
+
+``-k KEYWORD``:
+
+ only run test items matching the given keyword expression. You can also add
+ use ``-k -KEYWORD`` to exlude tests from being run. The keyword is matched
+ against filename, test class name, method name.
+
+
+``-l, --showlocals``:
+ show locals in tracebacks: for every frame in the traceback, show the values
+ of the local variables.
+
+
+``--pdb``:
+
+ drop into pdb (the `Python debugger`_) on exceptions. If the debugger is
+ quitted, the next test is run. This implies ``-s``.
+
+
+``--tb=TBSTYLE``:
+
+ traceback verboseness: ``long`` is the default, ``short`` are the normal
+ Python tracebacks, ``no`` omits tracebacks completely.
+
+
+``--fulltrace``:
+
+ Don't cut any tracebacks. The default is to leave out frames if an infinite
+ recursion is detected.
+
+
+``--nomagic``:
+
+ Refrain from using magic as much as possible. This can be useful if you are
+ suspicious that ``py.test`` somehow interferes with your program in
+ unintended ways (if this is the case, please contact us!).
+
+
+``--collectonly``:
+
+ Only collect tests, don't execute them.
+
+
+``--traceconfig``:
+
+ trace considerations of conftest.py files. Useful when you have various
+ conftest.py files around and are unsure about their interaction.
+
+
+More experimental options
+-------------------------
+
+**Note**: these options could change in the future.
+
+
+``-f, --looponfailing``:
+
+ Loop on failing test set. This is a feature you can use when you are trying
+ to fix a number of failing tests: First all the tests are being run. If a
+ number of tests are failing, these are run repeatedly afterwards. Every
+ repetition is started once a file below the directory that you started
+ testing for is changed. If one of the previously failing tests now passes,
+ it is removed from the test set.
+
+``--exec=EXECUTABLE``:
+
+ Python executable to run the tests with. Useful for testing on different
+ versions of Python.
+
+
+``-d, --dist``:
+
+ ad-hoc `distribute tests across machines`_ (requires conftest settings)
+
+
+``-w, --startserver``:
+
+ starts local web server for displaying test progress.
+
+
+``-r, --runbrowser``:
+
+ Run browser (implies --startserver).
+
+
+``--box``:
+
+ Use boxing: run each test in an external process. Very useful for testing
+ things that occasionally segfault (since normally the segfault then would
+ stop the whole test process).
+
+``--rest``:
+
+ `reStructured Text`_ output reporting.
+
+
+.. _`reStructured Text`: http://docutils.sourceforge.net
+.. _`Python debugger`: http://docs.python.org/lib/module-pdb.html
+
+
+.. _`distribute tests across machines`:
+
+
Automated Distributed Testing
==================================
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