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diff --git a/changelog.d/13928.doc b/changelog.d/13928.doc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..04cd06f19d --- /dev/null +++ b/changelog.d/13928.doc @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Add instruction to contributing guide for running unit tests in parallel. Contributed by @ashfame. diff --git a/docs/development/contributing_guide.md b/docs/development/contributing_guide.md index cb0d727efa..5c37225168 100644 --- a/docs/development/contributing_guide.md +++ b/docs/development/contributing_guide.md @@ -167,6 +167,12 @@ was broken. They are slower than the linters but will typically catch more error poetry run trial tests ``` +You can run unit tests in parallel by specifying `-jX` argument to `trial` where `X` is the number of parallel runners you want. To use 4 cpu cores, you would run them like: + +```sh +poetry run trial -j4 tests +``` + If you wish to only run *some* unit tests, you may specify another module instead of `tests` - or a test class or a method: |