AUTOTEST.1(1)

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✨ AUTOTEST.1(1) ✨

okay bestie, pull up a chair, we're talking about autotest from the Debian GNU System manual, section 1 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

autotest — a continuous testing facility 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

autotest

that's it. that's the whole invocation. no flags, no args, just vibes ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so autotest is a continuous testing facility — and yes bestie, that is exactly as iconic as it sounds. it's meant to be used during development, like while you're actively in there writing your code. 🌈

and here's the part that's giving main character energy: as soon as you save a file, autotest will run the corresponding dependent tests. literally the moment you hit save. no manually re-running anything, no typing out test commands like a medieval peasant, it just goes. 😭✨

ngl that's lowkey the dream setup. you type, you save, it tests. periodt. 💖

if you want the deets, see /usr/share/doc/ruby-zentest/ for more details. go read it, iykyk 📚

👑 AUTHOR 👑

  • Ryan Davis
  • Eric Hodel
  • seattle.rb

this manual page is written by Praveen Arimbrathodiyl <praveen@debian.org> for Debian GNU System (GNU/Linux, GNU/kFreeBSD, GNU/Hurd). 🫶

and that's the whole page, bestie ✨ this lil rewrite is brought to you by the ZenTest era, dated 2026-02-18, living under the name AUTOTEST.1(1) — slay, stay tested, and don't forget to save that file 💅🎀

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