go test flags

Official documentation for go test execution flags including -run, -shuffle, -short, and parallelism controls.

• Author: Go Team
• Authority: primary
• Kind: package-doc
• URL: https://pkg.go.dev/cmd/go#hdr-Testing_flags

What it covers

• test selection flags
• parallelism and shuffle
• short mode and execution control

Why authoritative

Official Go command documentation for test execution behavior.

Use when

• what test execution flags should I use in Go
• how do shuffle and short mode work
• how should I run subsets of Go tests

Keywords

• go test flags, shuffle, short mode, parallel tests, run flag

Used by

• test-execution-modes
• coverage