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doc(unstable): cargo test does not provide --keep-going #12492

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16 changes: 13 additions & 3 deletions src/doc/src/reference/unstable.md
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Expand Up @@ -432,9 +432,9 @@ like to stabilize it somehow!
### keep-going
* Tracking Issue: [#10496](https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues/10496)

`cargo build --keep-going` (and similarly for `check`, `test` etc) will build as
many crates in the dependency graph as possible, rather than aborting the build
at the first one that fails to build.
`cargo build --keep-going` (and similarly for every command involving compilation, like `check` and `doc`)
will build as many crates in the dependency graph as possible,
rather than aborting the build at the first one that fails to build.

For example if the current package depends on dependencies `fails` and `works`,
one of which fails to build, `cargo check -j1` may or may not build the one that
Expand All @@ -449,6 +449,16 @@ The `-Z unstable-options` command-line option must be used in order to use
cargo check --keep-going -Z unstable-options
```

While `cargo test` and `cargo bench` commands involve compilation, they do not provide a `--keep-going` flag.
Both commands already include a similar `--no-fail-fast` flag, allowing running as many tests as possible without stopping at the first failure.
To "compile" as many tests as possible, use target selection flags like `--tests` to build test binaries separately.
For example,

```console
cargo build --tests --keep-going -Zunstable-options
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cargo test --tests --no-fail-fast
```

### config-include
* Tracking Issue: [#7723](https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues/7723)

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