Ant - sf:compileAndTest

Question

I can't find any documentation for the ant command "sf:compileAndTest", yet I see references to it in several places. Example.

When I try to run it in a ant target I get doodly squat:

[sf:compileAndTest] compileAndTest on https://test.salesforce.com, compiling 0 classes and 0 triggers, deleting 0 classes and 0 triggers

(This is after a successful deploy, I know there are classes and triggers in the target Org)

Is this ant command supported? Or are we forced to bundle test running with deployment, eg

<sf:deploy ------------ runAllTests="true"/>

Answer 1

I don't know much about sf:compileAndTest but:

sf:deploy can be used to do a compile and test by using the checkOnly attribute. Setting this attribute to true will mean that nothing will get saved to the server.

<sf:deploy 
       username="username@username.com" 
       password="password"
       serverurl="https://test.salesforce.com" 
       runAllTests="true" 
       checkOnly="true"/>