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    Reduce test startup time when running a subset of tests · a9fe3c0a
    Robert Knight authored
    Change the way that the `FILTER` option works in `make test FILTER=<pattern>`
    (or equivalently the `--grep` option if using `gulp test --grep
    <pattern>`) to control which test files are executed rather than
    matching test descriptions.
    
    This enables the test configuration function in `src/karma.config.js` to
    limit the test bundle to only the matching files and their dependencies.
    This can make the initial bundling much faster and bundle updates (when
    using `make servetests`) somewhat faster.
    
    On my system, `make test FILTER=menu-item` takes ~40s on master but only
    ~7s on this branch.
    
    As before, the filename filter can be combined with the `.only` modifier
    on `description` or `it` calls to do more fine-grained filtering of
    tests within matching files.
    
     - Change `--grep` option to gulp to filter test files as part of the
       test bundling process instead of setting the `grep` mocha option
    
     - Make `make servetests` accept a `FILTER` argument for consistency
       with `make test`
    
     - Simplify code in gulpfile.js for launching Karma
    
     - Update documentation for `make test`
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