README.md

gotn

Get test name at position in *_test.go file

Name gotn stands for go test name

This tool was written to execute particular go test from editor (e.g. Emacs)

Installation

go get github.com/yauhen-l/gotn Then make sure gotn executable is in your PATH

Usage

Run Test/top_level from gotn_test.go

>go test -v -run ^`gotn -f gotn_test.go -p 350`$
=== RUN   Test
=== RUN   Test/top_level
--- PASS: Test (0.00s)
    --- PASS: Test/top_level (0.00s)
PASS
ok      github.com/yauhenl/gotn 0.002s

Run Test/second_level from gotn_test.go

>go test -v -run ^`gotn -f gotn_test.go -p 550`$
=== RUN   Test
=== RUN   Test/second_level
--- PASS: Test (0.00s)
    --- PASS: Test/second_level (0.00s)
PASS
ok      github.com/yauhenl/gotn 0.002s

Emacs

Add gotn.el to load-path

(require 'gotn)
(add-hook 'go-mode-hook (lambda ()
                        (local-set-key (kbd "C-c t") 'gotn-run-test))
                        (local-set-key (kbd "C-c C-t") 'gotn-run-test-package)))

For customizations see group gotn.

(customer-set-variables
  '(gotn-go-test-case-command "gb test -v -test.run")
  '(gotn-go-test-package-command "gb test -v")
  '(gotn-go-test-package-test-fallback t))

Restrictions

• Supports only standard Go testing framework: https://golang.org/pkg/testing/