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authorMark Lapierre <mlapierre@gitlab.com>2019-02-19 21:44:08 +0000
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-# GitLab QA - Integration tests for GitLab
+# GitLab QA - End-to-end tests for GitLab
-This directory contains integration tests for GitLab.
+This directory contains [end-to-end tests](doc/development/testing_guide/end_to_end_tests.md)
+for GitLab. It includes the test framework and the tests themselves.
+
+The tests can be found in `qa/specs/features` (not to be confused with the unit
+tests for the test framework, which are in `spec/`).
It is part of the [GitLab QA project](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-qa).
## What is it?
-GitLab QA is an integration tests suite for GitLab.
+GitLab QA is an end-to-end tests suite for GitLab.
-These are black-box and entirely click-driven integration tests you can run
+These are black-box and entirely click-driven end-to-end tests you can run
against any existing instance.
## How does it work?
1. When we release a new version of GitLab, we build a Docker images for it.
1. Along with GitLab Docker Images we also build and publish GitLab QA images.
-1. GitLab QA project uses these images to execute integration tests.
+1. GitLab QA project uses these images to execute end-to-end tests.
## Validating GitLab views / partials / selectors in merge requests