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How to run a single Clojure test from the terminal using Leiningen

Clarice Bouwer

Software Engineering Team Lead and Director of Cloudsure

Monday, 8 August 2022 · Estimated 1 minute read

You may want to target and run a specific test or set of tests when testing your code so that you don't keep executing the entire suite each time you make changes to specific tests. This creates a faster feedback loop for you to build and fix code. Usually tests are executed with Leiningen using lein test. You can extend this command to meet the necessary objectives.

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lein test :only my.namespace/my-test

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