m: a better Ruby Test::Unit runner

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1. m a better test-unit runner @qrush

2. i’m @qrush

3. @ i live here

4. c i work at 37signals

5. stands for metal m

6. None

7. runs tests by line number m

8. $ cat -n test/example_test.rb 1 require 'test/unit' 2 3 class

   ExampleTest < Test::Unit::TestCase 4 def test_apple 5 assert_equal 1, 1 6 end 7 8 def test_banana 9 assert_equal 1, 1 10 end 11 end you wrote:

9. $ m test/example_test.rb:4 Run options: -n /test_apple/ # Running tests:

   . Finished tests in 0.000525s, 1904.7619 tests/s, 1904.7619 assertions/s. 1 tests, 1 assertions, 0 failures, 0 errors, 0 skips run one test:

10. $ m test/example_test.rb:2 No tests found on line 2. Valid

    tests to run: test_apple: m test/examples/test_unit_example_test.rb:4 test_banana: m test/examples/test_unit_example_test.rb:8 wrong line:

11. $ m test/example_test.rb Run options: # Running tests: .. Finished

    tests in 0.001293s, 1546.7904 tests/s, 3093.5808 assertions/s. 1 tests, 2 assertions, 0 failures, 0 errors, 0 skips run it all:

12. some facts m

13. works with test-unit, rails, mini-test 1. uses rocco for literate

    documentation 2. four months of daily use 3.

14. how does it work m

15. programming is not magic

16. figure out where test methods are 1. match what line

    you chose with tests we know about 2. run that test! 3.

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    install m http://quaran.to/m https://github.com/qrush/m