Add a way to run tests in PostgreSQL in Docker (#3699)

1 files changed, 30 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
index f9de78a460..6ef7d48dc7 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.rst
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -30,12 +30,28 @@ use github's pull request workflow to review the contribution, and either ask
 you to make any refinements needed or merge it and make them ourselves. The
 changes will then land on master when we next do a release.
 
-We use `Jenkins <http://matrix.org/jenkins>`_ and
-`Travis <https://travis-ci.org/matrix-org/synapse>`_ for continuous
-integration. All pull requests to synapse get automatically tested by Travis;
-the Jenkins builds require an adminstrator to start them. If your change
-breaks the build, this will be shown in github, so please keep an eye on the
-pull request for feedback.
+We use `CircleCI <https://circleci.com/gh/matrix-org>`_ and `Travis CI 
+<https://travis-ci.org/matrix-org/synapse>`_ for continuous integration. All
+pull requests to synapse get automatically tested by Travis and CircleCI.
+If your change breaks the build, this will be shown in GitHub, so please
+keep an eye on the pull request for feedback.
+
+To run unit tests in a local development environment, you can use:
+
+- ``tox -e py27`` (requires tox to be installed by ``pip install tox``) for
+  SQLite-backed Synapse on Python 2.7.
+- ``tox -e py35`` for SQLite-backed Synapse on Python 3.5.
+- ``tox -e py36`` for SQLite-backed Synapse on Python 3.6.
+- ``tox -e py27-postgres`` for PostgreSQL-backed Synapse on Python 2.7
+  (requires a running local PostgreSQL with access to create databases).
+- ``./test_postgresql.sh`` for PostgreSQL-backed Synapse on Python 2.7
+  (requires Docker). Entirely self-contained, recommended if you don't want to
+  set up PostgreSQL yourself.
+
+Docker images are available for running the integration tests (SyTest) locally,
+see the `documentation in the SyTest repo
+<https://github.com/matrix-org/sytest/blob/develop/docker/README.md>`_ for more
+information.
 
 Code style
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@@ -77,7 +93,8 @@ AUTHORS.rst file for the project in question. Please feel free to include a
 change to AUTHORS.rst in your pull request to list yourself and a short
 description of the area(s) you've worked on. Also, we sometimes have swag to
 give away to contributors - if you feel that Matrix-branded apparel is missing
-from your life, please mail us your shipping address to matrix at matrix.org and we'll try to fix it :)
+from your life, please mail us your shipping address to matrix at matrix.org and
+we'll try to fix it :)
 
 Sign off
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@@ -144,4 +161,9 @@ flag to ``git commit``, which uses the name and email set in your
 Conclusion
 ~~~~~~~~~~
 
-That's it!  Matrix is a very open and collaborative project as you might expect given our obsession with open communication.  If we're going to successfully matrix together all the fragmented communication technologies out there we are reliant on contributions and collaboration from the community to do so.  So please get involved - and we hope you have as much fun hacking on Matrix as we do!
+That's it!  Matrix is a very open and collaborative project as you might expect
+given our obsession with open communication.  If we're going to successfully
+matrix together all the fragmented communication technologies out there we are
+reliant on contributions and collaboration from the community to do so.  So
+please get involved - and we hope you have as much fun hacking on Matrix as we
+do!