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heckle

HECKLE(1)							   User Commands							 HECKLE(1)

NAME

       heckle - mutate Ruby code and run test

SYNOPSIS

       heckle class_name [method_name]

DESCRIPTION

       `heckle'  is  a	mutation tester. It modifies your code and runs your tests to make sure they fail. The idea is that if code can be changed
       and your tests don't notice, either that code isn't being covered or it doesn't do anything.

       -v, --verbose
	      Loudly explain heckle run

       -V, --version
	      Prints Heckle's version number

       -t, --tests TEST_PATTERN
	      Location of tests (glob)

       -F, --force
	      Ignore initial test failures

	      Best used with --focus

       --assignments
	      Only mutate assignments

       -b, --branches
	      Only mutate branches

       -f, --focus
	      Apply the eye of sauron

       -T, --timeout SECONDS
	      The maximum time for a test run in seconds

	      Used to catch infinite loops

       -n, --nodes NODES
	      Nodes to mutate

	      Possible values: call, cvasgn ,dasgn, dasgn_curr, false, gasgn, iasgn, if, iter, lasgn, lit, str, true, until, while

       -x, --exclude-nodes NODES
	      Nodes to exclude

       -h, --help
	      Show this message

heckle 1.4.3							     June 2012								 HECKLE(1)