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authorStefano Rivera <stefano@rivera.za.net>2023-04-27 01:28:46 (GMT)
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2023-04-27 01:28:46 (GMT)
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gh-62432: unittest runner: Exit code 5 if no tests were run (#102051)
As discussed in https://discuss.python.org/t/unittest-fail-if-zero-tests-were-discovered/21498/7 It is common for test runner misconfiguration to fail to find any tests, This should be an error. Fixes: #62432
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@@ -2281,7 +2281,8 @@ Loading and running tests
The *testRunner* argument can either be a test runner class or an already
created instance of it. By default ``main`` calls :func:`sys.exit` with
- an exit code indicating success or failure of the tests run.
+ an exit code indicating success (0) or failure (1) of the tests run.
+ An exit code of 5 indicates that no tests were run.
The *testLoader* argument has to be a :class:`TestLoader` instance,
and defaults to :data:`defaultTestLoader`.