lineman

lineman is a test runner for test-unit that prints a line per test, with statistics about its performance.

Example output:

NPCRobotTest
    test: should have a cool nickname                 0:1      0.01    N
    test: should have big birthday party              1:1      0.00     
    test: should have pizzas for party                0:0      0.00   ON
    test: should not dance                            0:0      0.00  P  
NPCRobotTest                                          1:2      0.01  PON
test/npc_robot_test                                   1:2      0.01  PON

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Failures
========

  1) Failure:
test: should have a cool nickname(NPCRobotTest) [test/npc_robot_test.rb:30]:
<"claptrap"> expected but was
<"Claptrap">.

diff:
- claptrap
? ^
+ Claptrap
? ^

  2) Failure:
test: should have big birthday party(NPCRobotTest) [test/npc_robot_test.rb:14]:
Pending block should not be passed: acquaintances != friends.


=========
Omissions
=========

  1) Omission: I am not sure what a pizza is
test: should have pizzas for party(NPCRobotTest)
test/npc_robot_test.rb:43:in `block in <class:NPCRobotTest>'


========
Pendings
========

  1) Pending: pended.
test: should not dance(NPCRobotTest)
test/npc_robot_test.rb:23:in `block in <class:NPCRobotTest>'


=============
Notifications
=============

  1) Notification: Claptrap
test: should have a cool nickname(NPCRobotTest)
test/npc_robot_test.rb:29:in `block in <class:NPCRobotTest>'

  2) Notification: NPCRobotTest#test: should have pizzas for party was redefined
test: should have pizzas for party(NPCRobotTest)
test/npc_robot_test.rb:42:in `<class:NPCRobotTest>'
test/npc_robot_test.rb:10:in `<main>'



Finished in 0.013893
4 tests, 3 assertions, 2 failures, 0 errors, 1 pendings, 1 omissions, 2 notifications

The characters P, O, and N that are reported in the last column map to calls to pend, omit, and notify inside of the test. (These are part of test-unit).

Usage:

• put lineman in you bundle or otherwise install the gem
• require 'test/unit/ui/statistics'
• Test::Unit::AutoRunner.default_runner = 'lineman'
• You could also specify --runner on the command line or your test-unit.yml
• Run your tests!

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