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How Go Tests "go test"

· 21 min read
Rotem Tamir
Building Atlas

Adapted from a talk given at GopherCon Israel 2024

Introduction

How does Go, the project, and team behind it, test go test, the Go tool's command for running tests? Does Go test go test using the go test command? In this article, we explore the evolution of how the Go team tests the Go tool (go) and discuss strategies for testing command-line tools written in Go in general.