bdep-test(1)

NAME
bdep-test - test project in build configurations

SYNOPSIS

bdep test [options] [pkg-spec] [cfg-spec] [cfg-var...]

cfg-spec = (@cfg-name | --config|-c cfg-dir)... | --all|-a
pkg-spec = (pkg | (--directory|-d pkg-dir))... | prj-spec
prj-spec = --directory|-d prj-dir

DESCRIPTION

The test command tests the project packages in one or more build configurations. Additionally, immediate or all dependencies of the project packages can be tested by specifying the --immediate|-i or --recursive|-r options, respectively.

Underneath test executes the bpkg-pkg-test(1) command which itself is not much more than the build system test operation (see b(1) for details). As a result, the main utility of this command is the ability to refer to build configurations by names and to project packages implicitly via the current working directory as well as to test dependencies.

If no project or package directory is specified, then the current working directory is assumed. If no configuration is specified, then the default configurations are assumed. See bdep-projects-configs(1) for details on specifying projects and configurations. Optional cfg-var... are the additional configuration variables to pass to the build system.

TEST OPTIONS

--immediate|-i
    Also test immediate dependencies.

--recursive|-r
    Also test all dependencies, recursively.

--all|-a
    Use all build configurations.

--config|-c dir
    Specify the build configuration as a directory.

--directory|-d dir
    Assume project/package is in the specified directory rather than in the current working directory.

--config-name|-n name
    Specify the build configuration as a name.

--config-id num
    Specify the build configuration as an id.

COMMON OPTIONS

The common options are summarized below with a more detailed description available in bdep-common-options(1).

-v  Print essential underlying commands being executed.

-V  Print all underlying commands being executed.

--quiet|-q
    Run quietly, only printing error messages.

--verbose level
    Set the diagnostics verbosity to level between 0 and 6.

--stdout-format format
    Representation format to use for printing to stdout.

--jobs|-j num
    Number of jobs to perform in parallel.

--progress
    Display progress indicators for long-lasting operations, such as network transfers, building, etc.

--no-progress
    Suppress progress indicators for long-lasting operations, such as network transfers, building, etc.

--diag-color
    Use color in diagnostics.

--no-diag-color
    Don't use color in diagnostics.

--bpkg path
    The package manager program to be used for build configuration management.

--bpkg-option opt
    Additional option to be passed to the package manager program.

--build path
    The build program to be used to build packages.

--build-option opt
    Additional option to be passed to the build program.

--curl path
    The curl program to be used for network operations.

--curl-option opt
    Additional option to be passed to the curl program.

--offline
    Do not attempt to download resources (packages, repository metadata, etc), instead taking them from the local fetch cache if available and failing otherwise.

--no-fetch-cache
    Disable local caching of download resources (packages, repository metadata, etc).

--fetch-cache mode
    Comma-separated list of local fetch cache modes.

--fetch-cache-session id
    The local fetch cache session.

--sqlite-synchronous mode
    Filesystem synchronization mode for the project SQLite database.

--pager path
    The pager program to be used to show long text.

--pager-option opt
    Additional option to be passed to the pager program.

--options-file file
    Read additional options from file.

--default-options dir
    The directory to load additional default options files from.

--no-default-options
    Don't load default options files.

DEFAULT OPTIONS FILES

See bdep-default-options-files(1) for an overview of the default options files. For the test command the search start directory is the project directory. The following options files are searched for in each directory and, if found, loaded in the order listed:

bdep.options
bdep-test.options

The following test command options cannot be specified in the default options files:

--directory|-d

BUGS
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COPYRIGHT
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