Add short test aliases that always re-run the tests

* test/automated/Makefile.in (TESTS): New list of short PHONY aliases.
(test_template): New definition.  Apply to TESTS.

2 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/test/ChangeLog b/test/ChangeLog
index ba10d90aab1..f67fad959fa 100644
--- a/test/ChangeLog
+++ b/test/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-06-28  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+        * automated/Makefile.in (TESTS): New list of short PHONY aliases.
+        (test_template): New definition.  Apply to TESTS.
+
 2014-06-27  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
         * automated/Makefile.in (check-maybe): Rename from check.
diff --git a/test/automated/Makefile.in b/test/automated/Makefile.in
index fd5d92cc571..da14fda88d6 100644
--- a/test/automated/Makefile.in
+++ b/test/automated/Makefile.in
@@ -17,6 +17,16 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
+### Commentary:
+
+## Some targets:
+## check: re-run all tests
+## check-maybe: run all tests whose .log file needs updating
+## filename.log: run tests from filename.el(c) if .log file needs updating
+## filename: re-run tests from filename.el(c)
+
+### Code:
+
 SHELL = @SHELL@
 
 srcdir = @srcdir@
@@ -84,11 +94,24 @@ all: check
 
 ELFILES = $(wildcard ${srcdir}/*.el)
 LOGFILES = $(patsubst %.el,%.log,$(notdir ${ELFILES}))
+TESTS = ${LOGFILES:.log=}
 
 ## If we have to interrupt a hanging test, preserve the log so we can
 ## see what the problem was.
 .PRECIOUS: %.log
 
+.PHONY: ${TESTS}
+
+## The short aliases that always re-run the tests.
+define test_template
+$(1):
+        @test ! -f $(1).log || mv $(1).log $(1).log~
+        @${MAKE} $(1).log
+endef
+
+$(foreach test,${TESTS},$(eval $(call test_template,${test})))
+
+
 ## Re-run all the tests every time.
 check:
         -@for f in *.log; do test ! -f $$f || mv $$f $$f~; done