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authorMichael Dunn <mike@eikonomega.com>2014-01-15 10:14:35 -0500
committerJohn Szakmeister <john@szakmeister.net>2014-01-31 04:58:03 -0500
commit4b57ca578c745e5b4bcdfbb934c57305e6f9d573 (patch)
tree9c4b7398863b0340b40e5d852febd68e4da4d37b
parent02399d7b63320da13ac11416cb18cc2f3104abb9 (diff)
downloadnose-4b57ca578c745e5b4bcdfbb934c57305e6f9d573.tar.gz
Add note about tests being ignored from +x files.
I've had this problem numerous times and I know others have too. While the documentation does mention this under the --exe flag, it makes sense to put it here since this is where people are going to look first when they run into issues.
-rw-r--r--CHANGELOG2
-rw-r--r--nose/usage.txt5
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diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index ea5103e..1c0595d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ In Development
Patch by Ian Wienand.
- Fix #759: Test failures with Python 3.4
Patch by Barry Warsaw.
+- Add a note about executable files in the usage, and how to workaround it
+ Patch by Michael Dunn.
1.3.0
diff --git a/nose/usage.txt b/nose/usage.txt
index 21ef5ce..bc96894 100644
--- a/nose/usage.txt
+++ b/nose/usage.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ may use the assert keyword or raise AssertionErrors to indicate test
failure. TestCase subclasses may do the same or use the various
TestCase methods available.
+**It is important to note that the default behavior of nose is to
+not include tests from files which are executable.** To include
+tests from such files, remove their executable bit or use
+the --exe flag (see 'Options' section below).
+
Selecting Tests
---------------