= Reducing build/test latency =

{{{DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS="parallel=6"}}} enables parallel build.

{{{PARALLEL=6}}} enables parallel running of tests in the test suite.

{{{DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS="no-javahl no-ruby"}}} disables building parts that might not be relevant.

To summarize: {{{
  export DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS="parallel=6 no-javahl no-ruby"
  export PARALLEL=6   # For running tests in parallel
}}}

To isolate specific tests: {{{
  # Run a C test
  make -C BUILD/ check PARALLEL=6 TESTS=subversion/tests/libsvn_subr/dirent_uri-test
  # Run a Python test
  make -C BUILD/ check PARALLEL=4 TESTS=subversion/tests/cmdline/authz_tests.py
}}}

= svnserveautocheck =


Some tests require {{{svnserve}}} to be available, and are skipped by default. There is a separate make target {{{svnserveautocheck}}}, working the same as {{{check}}}, that does the setup automatically to run the test suite.

= Test results =

Test restuls are stored in {{{BUILD/tests.log}}}.

Note that if one looks at {{{tests.log}}} in a successful build, there are about 45 tests marked as XFAIL. If you feel like a patch broke a lot of tests, compare the results against a clean build of the unpached package.

= Test suite documentation =

Further documentation of the test suite can be found in {{{subversion/tests/cmdline/README}}}