`run-tests.php` should be split up
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Description
Description
run-tests.php is so big that it is really hard to navigate, IDE is lagging, and GitHub does not show diffs for it by default. Would we be keen to split it up into multiple sources and generate them back into a single executable at its existing location on make? If so, I would take a stab at it after the #22917-related work is done.
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading run-tests.php and the repository's make flow, then review the #22917-related work mentioned in the issue. Determine how the test runner can be separated into multiple sources while preserving its existing executable location. Done means the sources are split and make generates the same single executable at run-tests.php.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- php
- Domain
- build-system, testing-qa
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100