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authorMichael Stapelberg <michael@stapelberg.de>2013-03-23 11:28:53 +0100
committerMichael Stapelberg <michael@stapelberg.de>2013-03-23 11:28:53 +0100
commitb39e15dde5ec7b96c15da9faf4ab5892501c1aae (patch)
tree718cede1f6ca97d082c6c40b7dc3f4f6148253c0 /src/cmd/go/test.go
parent04b08da9af0c450d645ab7389d1467308cfc2db8 (diff)
downloadgolang-upstream/1.1_hg20130323.tar.gz
Imported Upstream version 1.1~hg20130323upstream/1.1_hg20130323
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diff --git a/src/cmd/go/test.go b/src/cmd/go/test.go
index 3132ab210..de69efe8f 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/test.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/test.go
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ var helpTestflag = &Command{
The 'go test' command takes both flags that apply to 'go test' itself
and flags that apply to the resulting test binary.
+Several of the flags control profiling and write an execution profile
+suitable for "go tool pprof"; run "go tool pprof help" for more
+information. The --alloc_space, --alloc_objects, and --show_bytes
+options of pprof control how the information is presented.
+
The following flags are recognized by the 'go test' command and
control the execution of any test:
@@ -118,8 +123,8 @@ control the execution of any test:
Write a CPU profile to the specified file before exiting.
-memprofile mem.out
- Write a memory profile to the specified file when all tests
- are complete.
+ Write a memory profile to the specified file after all tests
+ have passed.
-memprofilerate n
Enable more precise (and expensive) memory profiles by setting