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+JS Test Suite Readme
+====================
+
+The JS test suite is a fairly extensive collection of correctness and regression
+tests for the Spidermonkey engine. Two harnesses run these tests: the shell test
+harness in this directory and the "reftest" harness built into the browser, used
+in continuous integration. The browser reftests require additional manifest files; these are
+generated automatically by the build phase 'package-tests' using the
+'--make-manifests' option to jstests.py.
+
+Running tests
+-------------
+See
+https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/js/build.html#testing
+
+Creating a test
+---------------
+For general information, see
+https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/SpiderMonkey/Creating_JavaScript_tests/jsreftests
+
+
+Adding a test
+-------------
+ Drop your test file in an appropriate directory under js/src/tests/non262/.
+
+ <fineprint> Some names are forbidden. Do not name your test browser.js,
+ shell.js, template.js, user.js, js-test-driver-begin.js, or
+ js-test-driver-end.js.
+ </fineprint>
+
+
+Test262, ECMAScript conformance tests
+-------------------------------------
+
+ js/src/tests/test262/ contains a snapshot of the ECMAScript
+ conformance test suite: https://github.com/tc39/test262.
+
+ We periodically update the snapshot, but it's a manual process:
+
+ 1. File a bug, modeled after bug 1560206, to announce your intent to
+ update the test suite.
+
+ 2. Run `test262-update.py`.
+
+ 3. Run the tests.
+
+ 4. Look at each failing test and either add an entry to the
+ `UNSUPPORTED_FEATURES` list in `test262-update.py`
+ or add a `skip script` entry to jstests.list, filing a bug if needed.
+ (Every skipped test should be associated with an open bug.)
+
+ 5. Repeat steps 2-4 until there are no failing tests.
+
+ 6. Post patches (as in bug 1560206).
+
+ When implementing a new feature, it is useful to enable tests for a
+ previously unsupported feature without going through all the steps
+ above. Here's how to do that:
+
+ 1. Delete an entry from `UNSUPPORTED_FEATURES` in `test262-update.py`.
+
+ 2. Run `./test262-update.py --revision $(head -n 1 test262/GIT-INFO | awk '{print $2}')`.
+
+ (This re-runs the script using the revision of test262 we most recently used,
+ instead of the latest revision.)
+
+ 3. Run the tests.
+
+ To export tests to the test262 format, for potential contribution to
+ test262, see `test262-export.py`.
+
+
+Adjusting when and how a test runs
+----------------------------------
+ If the test is a test262 test, do this by editing jstests.list.
+ (The procedure below would be a bad idea because the test files are
+ autogenerated from the upstream test262 repository.)
+
+ Otherwise, put a comment at the top of the header matching the format:
+ // |reftest| <failure-type> -- <comment>
+
+ Where <failure-type> is a standard reftest <failure-type> string, as documented by:
+ http://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/layout/tools/reftest/README.txt
+
+ Example:
+ // |reftest| skip-if(!xulRuntime.shell) -- does not always dismiss alert
+
+ <fineprint> Either // or /* */ style comments may be used. The entire
+ comment must appear in the first 512 bytes of the file. The control
+ string must be in its own comment block. </fineprint>
+
+ When adding such comments to individual files is not feasible (e.g., for
+ imported tests), reftest manifest entries can be added to jstests.list
+ instead. Combining in-file comments with entries in this manifest file for
+ the same files is not supported (the one from the manifest file will be
+ used). Only the following two forms are supported:
+ <failure-type> include <relative_path>
+ <failure-type> script <relative_path>
+ include <relative_path>
+ The <type> "include" indicates that <failure-type> should apply to all test
+ cases within a directory. A statement for a nested directory or script
+ overrides one for an enclosing directory. The <type> "include" without a
+ <failure-type> recursively loads another jstests.list file for further
+ processing.