Easier way to watch test + files for changes?

[danawoodman]

Is there a way to run all tests in a project and re-run when a file changes that is easier than this?

v watch -c test -a src/lexer/lexer.v src/lexer/lexer_test.v

I've tried a few combos of the flags but this is the only one I can get working currently.

[spytheman]

Is there a way to run all tests in a project and re-run when a file changes?

No, v watch monitors the files used by a single program currently, while v test runs many (all found _test.v files), and currently can not report back to v watch what files were needed for all found test files.

If your project has a single _test.v file however, it is a single program, even if it has many test functions in it, and you can run it without v test with:
v watch -c src/lexer/lexer_test.v .

It is a good idea for a future v test enhancement, so that v watch -c test . could work, without more flags needed.

[danawoodman]

Thanks for the detailed reply!

Would love to see v watch -c test . as it would make testing your whole project simple