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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst index b8d9835..74459d1 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.rst +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.rst @@ -39,6 +39,42 @@ It is also recommended to add some unit or end-to-end tests for the proposed changes. +Tests +----- + +There are two test suites for biboumi: + +- unit tests that can be run simply using `make check`. + These tests use the Catch test framework, are written in pure C++ + and they should always succeed, in all possible build configuration. + +- a more complex end-to-end test suite. This test suite is written in python3, + uses a specific IRC server (`charybdis`_), and only tests the most complete + biboumi configuration (when all dependencies are used). To run it, you need + to install various dependencies: refer to fedora’s `Dockerfile.base`_ and + `Dockerfile`_ to see how to install charybdis, slixmpp, botan, litesql, an + ssl certificate, etc. + + Once all the dependencies are correctly installed, the tests are run with + + `make e2e` + + To run one or more specific tests, you can do something like this: + + `make biboumi && python3 ../tests/end_to_end self_ping basic_handshake_success` + + This will run two tests, self_ping and basic_handshake_success. + + To write additional tests, you need to add a Scenario + into `the __main__.py file`_. If you have problem running this end-to-end + test suite, or if you struggle with this weird code (that would be + completely normal…), don’t hesitate to ask for help. + + +All these tests automatically run with various configurations, on various +platforms, using gitlab CI. + + Coding style ------------ Please try to follow the existing style: @@ -55,3 +91,7 @@ Please try to follow the existing style: .. _gitlab merge request: https://lab.louiz.org/louiz/biboumi/merge_requests/new .. _github pull request: https://github.com/louiz/biboumi/pulls .. _XMPP chatroom: xmpp:biboumi@muc.poez.io +.. _Dockerfile.base: docker/biboumi-test/fedora/Dockerfile.base +.. _Dockerfile: docker/biboumi-test/fedora/Dockerfile +.. _charybdis: https://github.com/charybdis-ircd/charybdis +.. _the __main__.py file: tests/end_to_end/__main__.py
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