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# GoogleTest
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### Announcements
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#### Live at Head
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GoogleTest now follows the
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[Abseil Live at Head philosophy](https://abseil.io/about/philosophy#upgrade-support).
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We recommend using the latest commit in the `master` branch in your projects.
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#### Documentation Updates
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Our documentation is now live on GitHub Pages at
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https://google.github.io/googletest/. We recommend browsing the documentation on
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GitHub Pages rather than directly in the repository.
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#### Release 1.10.x
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[Release 1.10.x](https://github.com/google/googletest/releases/tag/release-1.10.0)
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is now available.
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#### Coming Soon
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* We are planning to take a dependency on
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[Abseil](https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp).
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* More documentation improvements are planned.
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## Welcome to **GoogleTest**, Google's C++ test framework!
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This repository is a merger of the formerly separate GoogleTest and GoogleMock
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projects. These were so closely related that it makes sense to maintain and
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release them together.
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### Getting Started
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See the [GoogleTest User's Guide](https://google.github.io/googletest/) for
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documentation. We recommend starting with the
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[GoogleTest Primer](https://google.github.io/googletest/primer.html).
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More information about building GoogleTest can be found at
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[googletest/README.md](googletest/README.md).
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## Features
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* An [xUnit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XUnit) test framework.
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* Test discovery.
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* A rich set of assertions.
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* User-defined assertions.
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* Death tests.
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* Fatal and non-fatal failures.
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* Value-parameterized tests.
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* Type-parameterized tests.
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* Various options for running the tests.
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* XML test report generation.
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## Supported Platforms
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GoogleTest requires a codebase and compiler compliant with the C++11 standard or
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newer.
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The GoogleTest code is officially supported on the following platforms.
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Operating systems or tools not listed below are community-supported. For
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community-supported platforms, patches that do not complicate the code may be
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considered.
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If you notice any problems on your platform, please file an issue on the
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[GoogleTest GitHub Issue Tracker](https://github.com/google/googletest/issues).
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Pull requests containing fixes are welcome!
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### Operating Systems
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* Linux
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* macOS
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* Windows
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### Compilers
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* gcc 5.0+
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* clang 5.0+
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* MSVC 2015+
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**macOS users:** Xcode 9.3+ provides clang 5.0+.
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### Build Systems
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* [Bazel](https://bazel.build/)
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* [CMake](https://cmake.org/)
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**Note:** Bazel is the build system used by the team internally and in tests.
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CMake is supported on a best-effort basis and by the community.
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## Who Is Using GoogleTest?
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In addition to many internal projects at Google, GoogleTest is also used by the
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following notable projects:
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* The [Chromium projects](http://www.chromium.org/) (behind the Chrome browser
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and Chrome OS).
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* The [LLVM](http://llvm.org/) compiler.
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* [Protocol Buffers](https://github.com/google/protobuf), Google's data
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interchange format.
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* The [OpenCV](http://opencv.org/) computer vision library.
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## Related Open Source Projects
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[GTest Runner](https://github.com/nholthaus/gtest-runner) is a Qt5 based
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automated test-runner and Graphical User Interface with powerful features for
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Windows and Linux platforms.
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[GoogleTest UI](https://github.com/ospector/gtest-gbar) is a test runner that
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runs your test binary, allows you to track its progress via a progress bar, and
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displays a list of test failures. Clicking on one shows failure text. Google
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Test UI is written in C#.
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[GTest TAP Listener](https://github.com/kinow/gtest-tap-listener) is an event
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listener for GoogleTest that implements the
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[TAP protocol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test_Anything_Protocol) for test
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result output. If your test runner understands TAP, you may find it useful.
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[gtest-parallel](https://github.com/google/gtest-parallel) is a test runner that
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runs tests from your binary in parallel to provide significant speed-up.
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[GoogleTest Adapter](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=DavidSchuldenfrei.gtest-adapter)
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is a VS Code extension allowing to view GoogleTest in a tree view, and run/debug
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your tests.
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[C++ TestMate](https://github.com/matepek/vscode-catch2-test-adapter) is a VS
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Code extension allowing to view GoogleTest in a tree view, and run/debug your
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tests.
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[Cornichon](https://pypi.org/project/cornichon/) is a small Gherkin DSL parser
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that generates stub code for GoogleTest.
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## Contributing Changes
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Please read
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[`CONTRIBUTING.md`](https://github.com/google/googletest/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)
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for details on how to contribute to this project.
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Happy testing!
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