Update messages and docs related to running tests when skipTests is set to true

.github/workflows/gradle.yml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         # test against latest update of each major Java version, as well as specific updates of LTS versions:
         RUNTIME: [ol, wlp]
-        RUNTIME_VERSION: [24.0.0.3]
+        RUNTIME_VERSION: [24.0.0.6]
         java: [21, 17, 11, 8]
         exclude:
         - java: 8
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ jobs:
     - name: Checkout ci.common
       uses: actions/checkout@v3
       with:
-        repository: OpenLiberty/ci.common
+        repository: cherylking/ci.common
+        ref: skipTestsChanges
         path: ci.common
     - name: Checkout ci.ant
       uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ jobs:
     # Run tests
     - name: Run tests with Gradle on Ubuntu
       run:
-        ./gradlew clean install check -P"test.exclude"="**/TestSpringBootApplication30*,**/TestCompileJSPSource17*,**/DevContainerTest*" -Druntime=${{ matrix.RUNTIME }} -DruntimeVersion="${{ matrix.RUNTIME_VERSION }}" --stacktrace --info
+        ./gradlew clean install check -P"test.exclude"="**/TestSpringBootApplication30*,**/TestCompileJSPSource17*,**/DevContainerTest*,**/VerifyFeatureTest*" -Druntime=${{ matrix.RUNTIME }} -DruntimeVersion="${{ matrix.RUNTIME_VERSION }}" --stacktrace --info
     # Copy build reports and upload artifact if build failed
     - name: Copy build/report/tests/test for upload
       if: ${{ failure() }}
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         # test against latest update of each major Java version, as well as specific updates of LTS versions:
         RUNTIME: [ol, wlp]
-        RUNTIME_VERSION: [24.0.0.3]
+        RUNTIME_VERSION: [24.0.0.6]
         java: [21, 17, 11, 8]
         exclude:
         - java: 8
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ jobs:
           RUNTIME: wlp
     name: ${{ matrix.RUNTIME }} ${{ matrix.RUNTIME_VERSION }}, Java ${{ matrix.java }}, Windows
     env: 
-      TEST_EXCLUDE: ${{ ((matrix.java == '8') && '**/TestCreateWithConfigDir*,**/Polling*,**/LibertyTest*,**/GenerateFeaturesTest*,**/TestSpringBootApplication30*,**/TestCompileJSPSource17*,**/DevContainerTest*') || '**/Polling*,**/LibertyTest*,**/GenerateFeaturesTest*,**/TestSpringBootApplication30*,**/TestCompileJSPSource17*,**/DevContainerTest*' }}
+      TEST_EXCLUDE: ${{ ((matrix.java == '8') && '**/TestCreateWithConfigDir*,**/Polling*,**/LibertyTest*,**/GenerateFeaturesTest*,**/TestSpringBootApplication30*,**/TestCompileJSPSource17*,**/DevContainerTest*,**/VerifyFeatureTest*') || '**/Polling*,**/LibertyTest*,**/GenerateFeaturesTest*,**/TestSpringBootApplication30*,**/TestCompileJSPSource17*,**/DevContainerTest*,**/VerifyFeatureTest*' }}
     steps:
     # Checkout repos
     - name: Checkout ci.gradle
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Clone ci.ant, ci.common, ci.gradle repos to C drive
       run: |
         cp -r D:/a/ci.gradle/ci.gradle C:/ci.gradle
-        git clone https://github.com/OpenLiberty/ci.common.git C:/ci.common
+        git clone https://github.com/cherylking/ci.common.git --branch skipTestsChanges --single-branch C:/ci.common
         git clone https://github.com/OpenLiberty/ci.ant.git C:/ci.ant
     # Cache mvn/gradle packages
     - name: Cache Maven packages

build.gradle

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ compileTestGroovy {
 }
 
 def libertyAntVersion = "1.9.15"
-def libertyCommonVersion = "1.8.33"
+def libertyCommonVersion = "1.8.34-SNAPSHOT"
 
 dependencies {
     implementation gradleApi()

docs/libertyDev.md

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ The following are optional command line parameters supported by this task.
 | Parameter | Description | Required |
 | --------  | ----------- | -------  |
 | hotTests | If this option is enabled, run tests automatically after every change. The default value is `false`. | No |
-| skipTests | If this option is enabled, do not run any tests in dev mode. The default value is `false`. | No |
+| skipTests | If this option is enabled, do not run any tests in dev mode, even when the `Enter` key is pressed or when `hotTests` is set to `true`. The default value is `false`. | No |
 | libertyDebug | Whether to allow attaching a debugger to the running server. The default value is `true`. | No |
 | libertyDebugPort | The debug port that you can attach a debugger to. The default value is `7777`. | No |
 | compileWait | Time in seconds to wait before processing Java changes. If you encounter compile errors while refactoring, increase this value to allow all files to be saved before compilation occurs. The default value is `0.5` seconds. | No |