Is there a way to kick off all tests?

Question

I'm not very familiar with Bazel, other than having to add or remove a few things from BUILD here and there and knowing how to execute the tests in a certain directory.

I'm currently working in a code base that has unit tests scattered throughout subdirectories, but they're all within that subdirectory's BUILD. Is there a way to kick off all the tests?

Answer 1

You can run all tests via:

bazel test //...

Maybe you need some config to run your test (see .bazelrc)

bazel --config=my_config //...

Similar you can build your complete workspace via:

bazel build //...

Answer 2

Having a look at the "Building multiple targets" section in the Bazel target reference. In particular, you are likely looking for invocations like bazel test //subdir:all or bazel test //subdir/....