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chrisdicarlo/phpunit-failed-runner
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Run only your failed PHPUnit tests

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Run Only Your Failed Tests
==========================

[](#run-only-your-failed-tests)

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Small package that allows you to incrementally run only your previously failed tests.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

You can install the package via composer:

```
composer require chrisdicarlo/phpunit-failed-runner --dev
```

### Install XmlStarlet

[](#install-xmlstarlet)

On Linux:

```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xmlstarlet
```

For XmlStarlet on other platforms, see [here](http://xmlstar.sourceforge.net/doc/UG/xmlstarlet-ug.html#idm47077139681232).

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
./vendor/bin/phpunit-failed-runner
```

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

This package includes a comprehensive test suite that demonstrates the incremental test-fixing workflow.

Run the test suite:

```
composer test
```

### Changelog

[](#changelog)

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information what has changed recently.

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.

### Security

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please email  instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Chris Di Carlo](https://github.com/chrisdicarl)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

40

—

FairBetter than 88% of packages

Maintenance48

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity32

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity56

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 97.1% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~74 days

Recently: every ~126 days

Total

8

Last Release

1246d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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