From 5e288022d677c3f6d7eb26712c4927f40e5a652d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aaron Peikert <aaron.peikert@posteo.de>
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2025 22:28:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] allow partial execution of unit tests

---
 test/unit_tests/unit_tests.jl             | 47 +++++++++++++++--------
 test/unit_tests/unit_tests_interactive.jl | 10 +++++
 2 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 test/unit_tests/unit_tests_interactive.jl

diff --git a/test/unit_tests/unit_tests.jl b/test/unit_tests/unit_tests.jl
index a638b991d..4b87be582 100644
--- a/test/unit_tests/unit_tests.jl
+++ b/test/unit_tests/unit_tests.jl
@@ -1,21 +1,36 @@
 using Test, SafeTestsets
 
-@safetestset "Multithreading" begin
-    include("multithreading.jl")
-end
-
-@safetestset "Matrix algebra helper functions" begin
-    include("matrix_helpers.jl")
-end
+# Define available test sets
+available_tests = Dict(
+    "multithreading" => "Multithreading",
+    "matrix_helpers" => "Matrix algebra helper functions",
+    "data_input_formats" => "SemObserved",
+    "specification" => "SemSpecification",
+    "model" => "Sem model",
+    "StatsAPI" => "Stats API",
+    "test" => "True"
+)
 
-@safetestset "SemObserved" begin
-    include("data_input_formats.jl")
-end
-
-@safetestset "SemSpecification" begin
-    include("specification.jl")
-end
+# Determine which tests to run based on command-line arguments
+selected_tests = isempty(ARGS) ? collect(keys(available_tests)) : ARGS
 
-@safetestset "Sem model" begin
-    include("model.jl")
+@testset "All Tests" begin
+    for file in selected_tests
+        if haskey(available_tests, file)
+            let file_ = file, test_name = available_tests[file]
+                # Compute the literal values
+                test_sym = Symbol(file_)
+                file_jl = file_ * ".jl"
+                # Build the expression with no free variables:
+                ex = quote
+                    @safetestset $(Symbol(test_sym)) = $test_name begin
+                        include($file_jl)
+                    end
+                end
+                eval(ex)
+            end
+        else
+            @warn "Test file '$file' not found in available tests. Skipping."
+        end
+    end
 end
diff --git a/test/unit_tests/unit_tests_interactive.jl b/test/unit_tests/unit_tests_interactive.jl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cf082fa60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit_tests/unit_tests_interactive.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# requires: TestEnv to be installed globally, and the StructuralEquationModels package `]dev`ed
+# example: julia test/unit_tests/unit_tests_interactive.jl matrix_helpers
+
+try
+    import TestEnv
+    TestEnv.activate("StructuralEquationModels")
+catch e
+    @warn "Error initializing Test Env" exception=(e, catch_backtrace())
+end
+include("unit_tests.jl")
\ No newline at end of file

From 9cd445eaae5f4190768a306ce6d243658b45e45c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aaron Peikert <aaron.peikert@posteo.de>
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2025 22:39:14 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] remove non existing tests

---
 test/unit_tests/unit_tests.jl | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/test/unit_tests/unit_tests.jl b/test/unit_tests/unit_tests.jl
index 4b87be582..7bdf23d7c 100644
--- a/test/unit_tests/unit_tests.jl
+++ b/test/unit_tests/unit_tests.jl
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@ available_tests = Dict(
     "matrix_helpers" => "Matrix algebra helper functions",
     "data_input_formats" => "SemObserved",
     "specification" => "SemSpecification",
-    "model" => "Sem model",
-    "StatsAPI" => "Stats API",
-    "test" => "True"
+    "model" => "Sem model"
 )
 
 # Determine which tests to run based on command-line arguments