Add documentation of tool testing with x.py script

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Chris Simpkins 2020-03-09 22:04:59 -04:00
parent 259b06e33f
commit 9f734c978c

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@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ Arguments:
subcommand_help.push_str(
"\n
Arguments:
This subcommand accepts a number of paths to directories to tests that
This subcommand accepts a number of paths to test directories that
should be compiled and run. For example:
./x.py test src/test/ui
@ -367,11 +367,15 @@ Arguments:
./x.py test src/libstd --stage 0 --no-doc
./x.py test src/test/ui --bless
./x.py test src/test/ui --compare-mode nll
Note that `test src/test/* --stage N` does NOT depend on `build src/rustc --stage N`;
just like `build src/libstd --stage N` it tests the compiler produced by the previous
stage.
Execute tool tests with a tool name argument:
./x.py test tidy
If no arguments are passed then the complete artifacts for that stage are
compiled and tested.