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-rw-r--r--setup.py1
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/HACKING.txt b/HACKING.txt
index d664d6bfc..0d28905b6 100644
--- a/HACKING.txt
+++ b/HACKING.txt
@@ -112,9 +112,13 @@ Coding Style
Running Tests
--------------
-- To run tests for Pyramid on a single Python version, run ``python setup.py
- test`` against the Python interpreter from virtualenv into which
- you've ``setup.py develop``-ed Pyramid.
+- To run all tests for Pyramid on a single Python version, run ``nosetests`` from
+ your development virtualenv (See *Using a Development Checkout* above).
+
+- To run individual tests (i.e. during development) you can use a regular
+ expression with the ``-t`` parameter courtesy of the `nose-selecttests
+ <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/nose-selecttests/>`_ plugin that's been installed (along with nose itself) via ``python setup.py dev``. The easiest usage is to
+ simply provide the verbatim name of the test you're working on.
- To run the full set of Pyramid tests on all platforms, install ``tox``
(http://codespeak.net/~hpk/tox/) into a system Python. The ``tox`` console
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 60b20b069..64e63956e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ docs_extras = [
testing_extras = tests_require + [
'nose',
+ 'nose-selecttests',
'coverage',
'virtualenv', # for scaffolding tests
]