testfinder: A Go repository from dbaty

testfinder outputs a list of Python test cases and test functions found from the requested directory.

I feed testfinder output to fzf to build auto-completion for a test runner:

The demo above is me typing pytest followed by <Shift>-<Tab> (which is my configured key for "advanced" auto-completion) and then typing characters of the test function I am looking for.

testfinder is fast enough for me: the first list of unfiltered suggestions appear almost instantaneously. Then fzf does its magic, in an even more instantaneous fashion.

On a Python project with 477 test files amongst 995 files in the tests directory, with almost 5000 test cases and functions, testfinder takes 10ms. If it's slower for you, you're eligible for a refund.

The latest binary is at https://github.com/dbaty/testfinder/releases.

Example

$ testfinder
tests/tests.py::TestClassWithMethods::test_method1
tests/tests.py::TestClassWithMethods::test_method2
tests/tests.py::test_func

Command-line options:

FIXME: make it configurable: starting directory; filename patterns

Installation

FIXME

The latest version for linux/amd64 can be found at https://github.com/dbaty/testfinder/releases. It has been built with make build.

Alternatively, you may build the sources yourself:

$ go get https://github.com/dbaty/testfinder
$ $GOPATH/bin/testfinder -v
0.1

Usage for auto-completion

To use with fzf on pytest, add this in .zshrc (or adapt for your shell):

_fzf_complete_pytest() {
    _fzf_complete "--multi --reverse" "$@" < <(testfinder)
}

Status, limitations, future

It's tailored and works for Python code only for now. The output is compatible with pytest. File parsing is very simple ("fragile" is another word that comes to mind), and yet it works surprisingly well in standard cases.

It's my first program in Go. I skipped "Hello world". Maybe I should not have. If it looks too much like a Python programmer struggling to write Go, feel free to educate me. Pull requests are welcome.

Future plans:

handle other programming languages (not planned yet);
pivot, disrupt an industry and take over the world (ditto).