docs/devel/testing: add instruction to run a single acceptance test

Add instructions to the Acceptance tests section about running a
single test file or a test within the test file.

Signed-off-by: Willian Rampazzo <willianr@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20210923161141.232208-3-willianr@redhat.com>

diff --git a/docs/devel/testing.rst b/docs/devel/testing.rst
index d1841e35d5794d4457396d2428c9f4569fc7c415..c9f6b97f876483cb38c9bdda5dba4d2e8c0d5761 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/devel/testing.rst
+++ b/docs/devel/testing.rst
@@ -754,6 +754,34 @@ may be invoked by running:
 
   tests/venv/bin/avocado run $OPTION1 $OPTION2 tests/acceptance/
 
+Note that if ``make check-acceptance`` was not executed before, it is
+possible to create the Python virtual environment with the dependencies
+needed running:
+
+ .. code::
+
+  make check-venv
+
+It is also possible to run tests from a single file or a single test within
+a test file. To run tests from a single file within the build tree, use:
+
+ .. code::
+
+  tests/venv/bin/avocado run tests/acceptance/$TESTFILE
+
+To run a single test within a test file, use:
+
+ .. code::
+
+  tests/venv/bin/avocado run tests/acceptance/$TESTFILE:$TESTCLASS.$TESTNAME
+
+Valid test names are visible in the output from any previous execution
+of Avocado or ``make check-acceptance``, and can also be queried using:
+
+ .. code::
+
+  tests/venv/bin/avocado list tests/acceptance
+
 Manual Installation
 -------------------