How to run xUnit test DLL in Commandline without building the project

Question

I have a project in .NET Core and have built tests using xUnit. Now I wanted to run the test in deployment process. What I have done so far:

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Answer 1

You have several options here:

1. Use vstest command

dotnet vstest Foo.dll

to run tests from a dll. xUnit tests are supported. Documentation.

A single dll file only is not enough. Run dotnet vstest from your bin folder, which usually contains:

Foo.dll
Foo.deps.json
Foo.runtimeconfig.json
Foo.runtimeconfig.dev.json
Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Test.dll
xunit.runner.reporters.netstandard15.dll
xunit.runner.utility.netstandard15.dll
xunit.runner.visualstudio.dotnetcore.testadapter.dll

This bin output is necessary to run the tests.

2. Skip the project build on test run

dotnet test --no-build