test.vim

A Vim wrapper for running tests on different granularities.

Currently the following testing frameworks are supported:

Language	Frameworks	Identifiers
C#	.NET	`dotnettest`
Clojure	Fireplace.vim	`fireplacetest`
Crystal	Crystal	`crystalspec`
Elixir	ESpec, ExUnit	`espec`, `exunit`
Elm	elm-test	`elmtest`
Erlang	CommonTest	`commontest`
Go	Ginkgo, Go	`ginkgo`, `gotest`
Java	Maven	`maventest`
JavaScript	Intern, Jasmine, Jest, Karma, Lab, Mocha, TAP,	`intern`, `jasmine`, `jest`, `karma`, `lab`, `mocha`, `tap`
Lua	Busted	`busted`
PHP	Behat, Codeception, Kahlan, Peridot, PHPUnit, PHPSpec, Dusk	`behat`, `codeception`, `kahlan`, `peridot`, `phpunit`, `phpspec`, `dusk`
Perl	Prove	`prove`
Python	Django, Nose, Nose2, PyTest, PyUnit	`djangotest`, `djangonose` `nose`, `nose2`, `pytest`, `pyunit`
Racket	RackUnit	`rackunit`
Ruby	Cucumber, M, Minitest, Rails, RSpec	`cucumber`, `m`, `minitest`, `rails`, `rspec`
Rust	Cargo	`cargotest`
Shell	Bats	`bats`
Swift	Swift Package Manager	`swiftpm`
VimScript	Vader.vim, VSpec	`vader`, `vspec`

Features

Zero dependencies
Zero configuration required (it Does the Right Thing™, see Philosophy)
Wide range of test runners which are automagically detected
Polyfills for nearest tests (by constructing regexes)
Wide range of execution environments ("strategies")
Fully customized CLI options configuration
Extendable with new runners and strategies

Test.vim consists of a core which provides an abstraction over running any kind of tests from the command-line. Concrete test runners are then simply plugged in, so they all work in the same unified way.

Setup

Using vim-plug, add

Plug 'janko-m/vim-test'

to your .vimrc file (see vim-plug documentation for where), and run :PlugInstall.

Add your preferred mappings to your .vimrc file:

nmap <silent> <leader>t :TestNearest<CR>
nmap <silent> <leader>T :TestFile<CR>
nmap <silent> <leader>a :TestSuite<CR>
nmap <silent> <leader>l :TestLast<CR>
nmap <silent> <leader>g :TestVisit<CR>

Command	Description
`:TestNearest`	In a test file runs the test nearest to the cursor, otherwise runs the last nearest test. In test frameworks that don't support line numbers it will polyfill this functionality with regexes.
`:TestFile`	In a test file runs all tests in the current file, otherwise runs the last file tests.
`:TestSuite`	Runs the whole test suite (if the current file is a test file, runs that framework's test suite, otherwise determines the test framework from the last run test).
`:TestLast`	Runs the last test.
`:TestVisit`	Visits the test file from which you last run your tests (useful when you're trying to make a test pass, and you dive deep into application code and close your test buffer to make more space, and once you've made it pass you want to go back to the test file to write more tests).

Strategies

Test.vim can run tests using different execution environments called "strategies". To use a specific strategy, assign it to a variable:

" make test commands execute using dispatch.vim
let test#strategy = "dispatch"

Strategy	Identifier	Description
Basic (default)	`basic`	Runs test commands with `:!`, which switches your Vim to the terminal.
Make	`make`	Runs test commands with `:make`.
Neovim	`neovim`	Runs test commands with `:terminal`, which spawns a terminal inside your Neovim.
Dispatch	`dispatch`	Runs test commands with `:Dispatch`.
Vimux	`vimux`	Runs test commands in a small tmux pane at the bottom of your terminal.
Tslime	`tslime`	Runs test commands in a tmux pane you specify.
Neoterm	`neoterm`	Runs test commands with `:T`, see neoterm docs for display customization.
Neomake	`neomake`	Runs test commands asynchronously with `:NeomakeProject`.
MakeGreen	`makegreen`	Runs test commands with `:MakeGreen`.
VimShell	`vimshell`	Runs test commands in a shell written in VimScript.
Vim Tmux Runner	`vtr`	Runs test commands in a small tmux pane.
VimProc	`vimproc`	Runs test commands asynchronously.
AsyncRun	`asyncrun`	Runs test commands asynchronosuly using new APIs in Vim 8 and NeoVim.
Terminal.app	`terminal`	Sends test commands to Terminal (useful in MacVim GUI).
iTerm2.app	`iterm`	Sends test commands to iTerm2 >= 2.9 (useful in MacVim GUI).

You can also set up strategies per granularity:

let test#strategy = {
  \ 'nearest': 'neovim',
  \ 'file':    'dispatch',
  \ 'suite':   'basic',
\}

or even per command:

:TestFile -strategy=neovim

Some strategies clear the screen before executing the test command, but you can disable this:

let g:test#preserve_screen = 1

On Neovim the "basic" and "neovim" strategies will run test commands using Neovim's terminal, and leave you in insert mode, so that you can just press "Enter" to close the terminal session and go back to editing. If you want to scroll through the test command output, you'll have to first switch to normal mode. The built-in mapping for exiting terminal insert mode is CTRL-\ CTRL-n, which is difficult to press, so I recommend mapping it to CTRL-o:

if has('nvim')
  tmap <C-o> <C-\><C-n>
end

Quickfix Strategies

If you want your test results to appear in the quickfix window, use one of the following strategies:

Make
Neomake
MakeGreen
Dispatch.vim

Regardless of which you pick, it's recommended you have Dispatch.vim installed as the strategies will automatically use it to determine the correct compiler, ensuring the test output is correctly parsed for the quickfix window.

As Dispatch.vim just determines the compiler, you need to make sure the Vim distribution or a plugin has a corresponding compiler for your test runner, or you may need to write a compiler plugin.

If the test command prefix doesn't match the compiler's makeprg then use the g:dispatch_compiler variable. For example if your test command was ./vendor/bin/phpunit but you wanted to use the phpunit2 compiler:

let g:dispatch_compilers = {}
let g:dispatch_compilers['./vendor/bin/'] = ''
let g:dispatch_compilers['phpunit'] = 'phpunit2'

Custom Strategies

Strategy is a function which takes one argument – the shell command for the test being run – and it is expected to run that command in some way. Test.vim comes with many predefined strategies (see above), but if none of them suit your needs, you can define your own custom strategy:

function! EchoStrategy(cmd)
  echo 'It works! Command for running tests: ' . a:cmd
endfunction

let g:test#custom_strategies = {'echo': function('EchoStrategy')}
let g:test#strategy = 'echo'

Transformations

You can automatically apply transformations of your test commands by registering a "transformation" function. The following example demonstrates how you could set up a transformation for Vagrant:

function! VagrantTransform(cmd) abort
  let vagrant_project = get(matchlist(s:cat('Vagrantfile'), '\vconfig\.vm.synced_folder ["''].+[''"], ["''](.+)[''"]'), 1)
  return 'vagrant ssh --command '.shellescape('cd '.vagrant_project.'; '.a:cmd)
endfunction

let g:test#custom_transformations = {'vagrant': function('VagrantTransform')}
let g:test#transformation = 'vagrant'

Commands

You can execute test.vim commands directly, and pass them CLI options:

:TestNearest --verbose
:TestFile --format documentation
:TestSuite --fail-fast
:TestLast --backtrace

If you want some options to stick around, see Configuring.

Runner commands

Aside from the main commands, you get a corresponding Vim command for each test runner (which also accept options):

:RSpec --tag ~slow
:Mocha --grep 'API'
:ExUnit --trace
:Nose --failed

These commands are useful when using multiple testing frameworks in the same project, or as a wrapper around your executable. To avoid pollution they are not defined by default, instead you can choose the ones you want:

let g:test#runner_commands = ['Minitest', 'Mocha']

Configuring

CLI options

If you want some CLI options to stick around, you can configure them in your .vimrc:

let test#ruby#minitest#options = '--verbose'

You can also choose a more granular approach:

let test#ruby#rspec#options = {
  \ 'nearest': '--backtrace',
  \ 'file':    '--format documentation',
  \ 'suite':   '--tag ~slow',
\}

Executable

You can instruct test.vim to use a custom executable for a test runner.

let test#ruby#rspec#executable = 'foreman run rspec'

File pattern

Test.vim has file pattern it uses to determine whether a file belongs to certain testing framework. You can override that pattern by overriding the file_pattern variable:

let test#ruby#minitest#file_pattern = '_spec\.rb' " the default is '_test\.rb'

Filename modifier

By default test.vim generates file paths relative to the working directory. If you're using a strategy which sends commands to a shell which is cd-ed into another directory, you might want to change the filename modifier to generate absolute paths:

let test#filename_modifier = ':.' " test/models/user_test.rb (default)
let test#filename_modifier = ':p' " /User/janko/Code/my_project/test/models/user_test.rb
let test#filename_modifier = ':~' " ~/Code/my_project/test/models/user_test.rb

Working directory

Test.vim relies on you being cd-ed into the project root. However, sometimes you may want to execute tests from a different directory than Vim's current working directory. You might have a bigger project with many subprojects, or you might be using autochdir. In any case, you can tell test.vim to use a different working directory for running tests:

let test#project_root = "/path/to/your/project"

Language-specific

Python

Since there are multiple Python test runners for the same type of tests, test.vim has no way of detecting which one did you intend to use. By default the first available will be chosen, but you can force a specific one:

let test#python#runner = 'pytest'
" Runners available are 'pytest', 'nose', 'nose2', 'djangotest', 'djangonose' and Python's built-in 'unittest'

Go

For the same reason as Python, runner detection works the same for Go. To force a specific runner:

let test#go#runner = 'ginkgo'
" Runners available are 'gotest', 'ginkgo'

Ruby

Unless binstubs are detected (e.g. bin/rspec), test commands will automatically be prepended with bundle exec if a Gemfile is detected, but you can turn it off:

let test#ruby#bundle_exec = 0

If binstubs are detected, but you don't want to use them, you can turn them off:

let test#ruby#use_binstubs = 0

JavaScript

Test runner detection for JavaScript works by checking which runner is listed in the package.json dependencies. If you have globally installed the runner make sure it's also listed in the dependencies.

Extending

If you wish to extend this plugin with your own test runners, first of all, if the runner is well-known, I would encourage to help me merge it into test.vim.

That being said, if you want to do this for yourself, you need to do 2 things. First, add your runner to the list in your .vimrc:

" First letter of runner's name must be uppercase
let test#runners = {'MyLanguage': ['MyRunner']}

Second, create ~/.vim/autoload/test/mylanguage/myrunner.vim, and define the following methods:

" Returns true if the given file belongs to your test runner
function! test#mylanguage#myrunner#test_file(file)

" Returns test runner's arguments which will run the current file and/or line
function! test#mylanguage#myrunner#build_position(type, position)

" Returns processed args (if you need to do any processing)
function! test#mylanguage#myrunner#build_args(args)

" Returns the executable of your test runner
function! test#mylanguage#myrunner#executable()

See autoload/test for examples.

Running tests

Tests are run using a Ruby test runner, so you'll have to have Ruby installed. Then run

$ gem install vim-flavor

Now you can run tests with

$ vim-flavor test spec/

Or if you're inside of Vim, you can simply run :VSpec provided by test.vim.

Credits

This plugin was strongly influenced by Gary Bernhardt's Destroy All Software. I also want to thank rspec.vim, from which I borrowed GUI support for OS X, and Windows support. And also thanks to vroom.vim.

nelstrom/vim-test