Is there a way to have a single suite that will run tests in sub packages? about ginkgo HOT 2 OPEN

yes this can be done and some projects (e.g. kubernetes) organize their tests in this way. The trick is to define your specs within the a and b packages:

- main_test.go
- a
    - a.go //drop _test
- b
    - b.go //drop _test

these tests can then be imported in main_test.go:

import (
    _ “project/path/to/a”
    _ “project/path/to/b“
)

func TestMainTest(t *testing.T) {
    …
    RunSpecs(t, “Main Test”)
}

any Ginkgo DSL commands in a and b will be invoked and added to the testing tree in main and run.

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FWIW I personally don’t usually write tests this way and just give each package its own test suite and run ginkgo -r. But there are certainly cases on big projects where it makes sense to organize things this way.

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