From 752e83ae10c8f043dc88beb344f13c2913a75a63 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Victor Engmark <vengmark@linz.govt.nz>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2023 14:40:57 +1300
Subject: [PATCH] docs: Explain how to run specific tests

---
 README.md | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cf2f92f..4c6b3da 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -350,6 +350,12 @@ To list test names:
 nix eval --impure --expr 'let pkgs = import <nixpkgs> {}; in pkgs.lib.attrNames (import ./tests/default.nix {})'
 ```
 
+To run specific tests, add `--attr NAME` to the `nix-build` command above. For example, to run the `bcrypt` and `jq` tests:
+
+```bash
+nix-build --attr bcrypt --attr jq --keep-going --show-trace tests/default.nix
+```
+
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