ci: Add tasks to run unit tests and GitHub workflow to run non-storage unit tests.

.github/workflows/code-linting-checks.yaml

@@ -18,10 +18,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   lint:
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        os: ["ubuntu-latest"]
-    runs-on: "${{matrix.os}}"
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
     steps:
       - uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
         with:
@@ -34,10 +31,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Install task"
         run: "npm install -g @go-task/cli"
 
-      - if: "matrix.os == 'macos-latest'"
-        name: "Install coreutils (for md5sum)"
-        run: "brew install coreutils"
-
       - name: "Log tool versions"
         run: |-
           md5sum --version
@@ -47,7 +40,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: "Install project dependencies "
         timeout-minutes: 10
-        continue-on-error: false
         run: "task deps:lib_install"
 
       - run: "task lint:check"

.github/workflows/unit-tests.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+name: "unit-tests"
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+  push:
+  schedule:
+    # Run daily at 00:15 UTC (the 15 is to avoid periods of high load)
+    - cron: "15 0 * * *"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions: {}
+
+concurrency:
+  group: "${{github.workflow}}-${{github.ref}}"
+
+  # Cancel in-progress jobs for efficiency
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  non-storage-unit-tests:
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
+    steps:
+      - uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
+        with:
+          submodules: "recursive"
+
+      - uses: "actions/setup-python@v5"
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.10"
+
+      - name: "Install task"
+        run: "npm install -g @go-task/cli"
+
+      - name: "Log tool versions"
+        run: |-
+          md5sum --version
+          python --version
+          tar --version
+          task --version
+
+      - name: "Install project dependencies "
+        timeout-minutes: 10
+        run: "task deps:lib_install"
+
+      - run: "task test:non-storage-unit-tests"

README.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Follow the steps below to develop and contribute to the project.
 
 ## Requirements
 * Python 3.10 or higher
-* [Task] 3.38.0 or higher
+* [Task] 3.40.0 or higher
 
 ## Set up
 Initialize and update submodules:

build-tasks.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+version: "3"
+
+tasks:
+  target:
+    internal: true
+    vars:
+      TARGETS:
+        ref: "default (list \"all\") .TARGETS"
+    deps: [":config-cmake-project"]
+    cmds:
+      - >-
+        cmake
+        --build "{{.G_BUILD_SPIDER_DIR}}"
+        --parallel {{numCPU}}
+        --target {{range .TARGETS}}{{.}} {{end}}
+
+  clean:
+    internal: true
+    deps: [":config-cmake-project"]
+    cmds:
+      - "cmake --build {{.G_BUILD_SPIDER_DIR}} --target clean --parallel {{numCPU}}"

docs/testing.md

@@ -23,20 +23,26 @@ require this storage backend.
 4. Set the `cStorageUrl` in `tests/storage/StorageTestHelper.hpp` to
    `jdbc:mariadb://localhost:3306/<db_name>?user=<usr>&password=<pwd>`.
 
-## Build and run unit tests
+## Running tests
 
-To build and run the unit tests, run the following commands in project root directory.
+You can use the following tasks to run the set of unit tests that's appropriate.
 
-```shell
-cmake -S . -B build
-cmake --build build --target unitTest --parallel
-./build/tests/unitTest
-```
+| Task                          | Description                                                       |
+|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| `test:all`                    | Runs all unit tests.                                              |
+| `test:non-storage-unit-tests` | Runs all unit tests which don't require a storage backend to run. |
+| `test:storage-unit-tests`     | Runs all unit tests which require a storage backend to run.       |
 
-If the tests show error messages for connection functions below,
-revisit [Setup storage backend](#setup-storage-backend) section and double check if `cStorageUrl` is
-set correctly.
+If any tests show error messages for the connection function below, revisit the
+[setup section](#set-up-mysql-as-storage-backend) and verify that `cStorageUrl` was set correctly.
 
 ```c++
 REQUIRE( storage->connect(spider::test::cStorageUrl).success() )
-```
+```
+
+## GitHub unit test workflow
+
+The [unit_tests.yaml][gh-workflow-unit-tests] GitHub workflow runs the unit tests on push,
+pull requests, and daily. Currently, it only runs unit tests that don't require a storage backend.
+
+[gh-workflow-unit-tests]: ../.github/workflows/unit-tests.yaml

lint-tasks.yaml

@@ -115,9 +115,11 @@ tasks:
           --strict \
           .gersemirc \
           .github/ \
-          lint-tasks.yaml \
+          build-tasks.yaml \
           dep-tasks.yaml \
-          taskfile.yaml
+          lint-tasks.yaml \
+          taskfile.yaml \
+          test-tasks.yaml
 
   clang-format:
     internal: true

taskfile.yaml

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 version: "3"
 
 includes:
-  lint: "lint-tasks.yaml"
   deps: "dep-tasks.yaml"
+  build: "build-tasks.yaml"
+  lint: "lint-tasks.yaml"
+  test: "test-tasks.yaml"
   utils: "tools/yscope-dev-utils/taskfiles/utils.yml"
 
 vars:

test-tasks.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+version: "3"
+
+vars:
+  G_TEST_BINARY: "{{.G_BUILD_SPIDER_DIR}}/tests/unitTest"
+
+tasks:
+  non-storage-unit-tests:
+    deps:
+      - "build-unit-test"
+    cmds:
+      - "{{.G_TEST_BINARY}} \"~[storage]\""
+
+  storage-unit-tests:
+    deps:
+      - "build-unit-test"
+    cmds:
+      - "{{.G_TEST_BINARY}} \"[storage]\""
+
+  all:
+    deps:
+      - "build-unit-test"
+    cmds:
+      - "{{.G_TEST_BINARY}}"
+
+  build-unit-test:
+    internal: true
+    deps:
+      - task: ":build:target"
+        vars:
+          TARGETS: ["spider_task_executor", "unitTest", "worker_test"]