diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 8f4e9970b..cbf4dd311 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 ^README-.*\.png$
 ^README\.Rmd$
 ^\.Rproj\.user$
+^\.dev$
 ^\.github$
 ^\.gitsum$
 ^\.lintr$
diff --git a/tests/dev/gen_roxygen_tests.R b/tests/dev/gen_roxygen_tests.R
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..d260e4797
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/dev/gen_roxygen_tests.R
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/usr/bin/Rscript
+# execute from package TLD: ./tests/dev/gen_roxygen_tests.R
+roxygen_stub <- "roxygen-examples-complete"
+all_examples <- list.files(file.path("tests", "testthat", roxygen_stub))
+unique_tests <- unique(sub("-.*", "", all_examples))
+
+# tests using 'scope = "spaces"' in test_collection()
+tests_scope_spaces <- "15"
+
+condition_map <- list(`23` = c("error", '"issues/1242"'))
+
+for (test in unique_tests) {
+  out_file <- file.path("tests", "testthat", paste0("test-", roxygen_stub, "-", test, ".R"))
+  extras <- if (test %in% tests_scope_spaces) ', scope = "spaces"' else ""
+  condition <- condition_map[[test]]
+  if (is.null(condition)) condition <- c("warning", "NA")
+  writeLines(con = out_file, c(
+    "# NB: DO NOT EDIT. Auto-generated by .dev/gen_roxygen_tests.R.",
+    "",
+    sprintf('test_that("analogous to test-%s: %s", {', roxygen_stub, test),
+    sprintf(
+      '  expect_%s(test_collection("%s", "^%s-", transformer = style_text%s), %s)',
+      condition[1L], roxygen_stub, test, extras, condition[2L]
+    ),
+    "})",
+    NULL
+  ))
+}
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-01.R b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-01.R
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..478217bbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-01.R
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# NB: DO NOT EDIT. Auto-generated by .dev/gen_roxygen_tests.R.
+
+test_that("analogous to test-roxygen-examples-complete: 01", {
+  expect_warning(test_collection("roxygen-examples-complete", "^01-", transformer = style_text), NA)
+})
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-02.R b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-02.R
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..19bc51362
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-02.R
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# NB: DO NOT EDIT. Auto-generated by .dev/gen_roxygen_tests.R.
+
+test_that("analogous to test-roxygen-examples-complete: 02", {
+  expect_warning(test_collection("roxygen-examples-complete", "^02-", transformer = style_text), NA)
+})
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-03.R b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-03.R
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8a2d15512
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-03.R
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# NB: DO NOT EDIT. Auto-generated by .dev/gen_roxygen_tests.R.
+
+test_that("analogous to test-roxygen-examples-complete: 03", {
+  expect_warning(test_collection("roxygen-examples-complete", "^03-", transformer = style_text), NA)
+})
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-04.R b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-04.R
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..87612f3e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-04.R
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# NB: DO NOT EDIT. Auto-generated by .dev/gen_roxygen_tests.R.
+
+test_that("analogous to test-roxygen-examples-complete: 04", {
+  expect_warning(test_collection("roxygen-examples-complete", "^04-", transformer = style_text), NA)
+})
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-05.R b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-05.R
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c93864dde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-05.R
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# NB: DO NOT EDIT. Auto-generated by .dev/gen_roxygen_tests.R.
+
+test_that("analogous to test-roxygen-examples-complete: 05", {
+  expect_warning(test_collection("roxygen-examples-complete", "^05-", transformer = style_text), NA)
+})
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-06.R b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-06.R
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e2e069183
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-06.R
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# NB: DO NOT EDIT. Auto-generated by .dev/gen_roxygen_tests.R.
+
+test_that("analogous to test-roxygen-examples-complete: 06", {
+  expect_warning(test_collection("roxygen-examples-complete", "^06-", transformer = style_text), NA)
+})
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-07.R b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-07.R
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7b3ac96ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-07.R
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# NB: DO NOT EDIT. Auto-generated by .dev/gen_roxygen_tests.R.
+
+test_that("analogous to test-roxygen-examples-complete: 07", {
+  expect_warning(test_collection("roxygen-examples-complete", "^07-", transformer = style_text), NA)
+})
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-08.R b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-08.R
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1225c62b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-08.R
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# NB: DO NOT EDIT. Auto-generated by .dev/gen_roxygen_tests.R.
+
+test_that("analogous to test-roxygen-examples-complete: 08", {
+  expect_warning(test_collection("roxygen-examples-complete", "^08-", transformer = style_text), NA)
+})
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-09.R b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-09.R
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fe3d7b7ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-09.R
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# NB: DO NOT EDIT. Auto-generated by .dev/gen_roxygen_tests.R.
+
+test_that("analogous to test-roxygen-examples-complete: 09", {
+  expect_warning(test_collection("roxygen-examples-complete", "^09-", transformer = style_text), NA)
+})
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-10.R b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-10.R
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..98e23a915
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-10.R
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# NB: DO NOT EDIT. Auto-generated by .dev/gen_roxygen_tests.R.
+
+test_that("analogous to test-roxygen-examples-complete: 10", {
+  expect_warning(test_collection("roxygen-examples-complete", "^10-", transformer = style_text), NA)
+})
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-11.R b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-11.R
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9bcd7a142
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-11.R
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# NB: DO NOT EDIT. Auto-generated by .dev/gen_roxygen_tests.R.
+
+test_that("analogous to test-roxygen-examples-complete: 11", {
+  expect_warning(test_collection("roxygen-examples-complete", "^11-", transformer = style_text), NA)
+})
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-12.R b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-12.R
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..baddb8143
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-12.R
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# NB: DO NOT EDIT. Auto-generated by .dev/gen_roxygen_tests.R.
+
+test_that("analogous to test-roxygen-examples-complete: 12", {
+  expect_warning(test_collection("roxygen-examples-complete", "^12-", transformer = style_text), NA)
+})
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-13.R b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-13.R
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c2a711fb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-13.R
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# NB: DO NOT EDIT. Auto-generated by .dev/gen_roxygen_tests.R.
+
+test_that("analogous to test-roxygen-examples-complete: 13", {
+  expect_warning(test_collection("roxygen-examples-complete", "^13-", transformer = style_text), NA)
+})
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-14.R b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-14.R
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d9447335
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-14.R
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# NB: DO NOT EDIT. Auto-generated by .dev/gen_roxygen_tests.R.
+
+test_that("analogous to test-roxygen-examples-complete: 14", {
+  expect_warning(test_collection("roxygen-examples-complete", "^14-", transformer = style_text), NA)
+})
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-15.R b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-15.R
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2c309d95a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-15.R
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# NB: DO NOT EDIT. Auto-generated by .dev/gen_roxygen_tests.R.
+
+test_that("analogous to test-roxygen-examples-complete: 15", {
+  expect_warning(test_collection("roxygen-examples-complete", "^15-", transformer = style_text, scope = "spaces"), NA)
+})
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-16.R b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-16.R
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f15429d75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-16.R
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# NB: DO NOT EDIT. Auto-generated by .dev/gen_roxygen_tests.R.
+
+test_that("analogous to test-roxygen-examples-complete: 16", {
+  expect_warning(test_collection("roxygen-examples-complete", "^16-", transformer = style_text), NA)
+})
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-17.R b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-17.R
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..66cbf9b1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-17.R
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# NB: DO NOT EDIT. Auto-generated by .dev/gen_roxygen_tests.R.
+
+test_that("analogous to test-roxygen-examples-complete: 17", {
+  expect_warning(test_collection("roxygen-examples-complete", "^17-", transformer = style_text), NA)
+})
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-18.R b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-18.R
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..814d057b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-18.R
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# NB: DO NOT EDIT. Auto-generated by .dev/gen_roxygen_tests.R.
+
+test_that("analogous to test-roxygen-examples-complete: 18", {
+  expect_warning(test_collection("roxygen-examples-complete", "^18-", transformer = style_text), NA)
+})
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-19.R b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-19.R
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..93d205826
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-19.R
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# NB: DO NOT EDIT. Auto-generated by .dev/gen_roxygen_tests.R.
+
+test_that("analogous to test-roxygen-examples-complete: 19", {
+  expect_warning(test_collection("roxygen-examples-complete", "^19-", transformer = style_text), NA)
+})
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-20.R b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-20.R
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..79ac89408
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-20.R
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# NB: DO NOT EDIT. Auto-generated by .dev/gen_roxygen_tests.R.
+
+test_that("analogous to test-roxygen-examples-complete: 20", {
+  expect_warning(test_collection("roxygen-examples-complete", "^20-", transformer = style_text), NA)
+})
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-21.R b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-21.R
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6e6fa4948
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-21.R
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# NB: DO NOT EDIT. Auto-generated by .dev/gen_roxygen_tests.R.
+
+test_that("analogous to test-roxygen-examples-complete: 21", {
+  expect_warning(test_collection("roxygen-examples-complete", "^21-", transformer = style_text), NA)
+})
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-22.R b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-22.R
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0e2c4334e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-22.R
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# NB: DO NOT EDIT. Auto-generated by .dev/gen_roxygen_tests.R.
+
+test_that("analogous to test-roxygen-examples-complete: 22", {
+  expect_warning(test_collection("roxygen-examples-complete", "^22-", transformer = style_text), NA)
+})
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-23.R b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-23.R
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ce1b5833a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-23.R
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# NB: DO NOT EDIT. Auto-generated by .dev/gen_roxygen_tests.R.
+
+test_that("analogous to test-roxygen-examples-complete: 23", {
+  expect_error(test_collection("roxygen-examples-complete", "^23-", transformer = style_text), "issues/1242")
+})
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-24.R b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-24.R
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ceb13a83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-24.R
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# NB: DO NOT EDIT. Auto-generated by .dev/gen_roxygen_tests.R.
+
+test_that("analogous to test-roxygen-examples-complete: 24", {
+  expect_warning(test_collection("roxygen-examples-complete", "^24-", transformer = style_text), NA)
+})
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-25.R b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-25.R
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f36b00424
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-25.R
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# NB: DO NOT EDIT. Auto-generated by .dev/gen_roxygen_tests.R.
+
+test_that("analogous to test-roxygen-examples-complete: 25", {
+  expect_warning(test_collection("roxygen-examples-complete", "^25-", transformer = style_text), NA)
+})
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-26.R b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-26.R
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ee55bcd21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-26.R
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# NB: DO NOT EDIT. Auto-generated by .dev/gen_roxygen_tests.R.
+
+test_that("analogous to test-roxygen-examples-complete: 26", {
+  expect_warning(test_collection("roxygen-examples-complete", "^26-", transformer = style_text), NA)
+})
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-27.R b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-27.R
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8dfa9e0b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-27.R
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# NB: DO NOT EDIT. Auto-generated by .dev/gen_roxygen_tests.R.
+
+test_that("analogous to test-roxygen-examples-complete: 27", {
+  expect_warning(test_collection("roxygen-examples-complete", "^27-", transformer = style_text), NA)
+})
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-28.R b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-28.R
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d12fb6696
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-28.R
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# NB: DO NOT EDIT. Auto-generated by .dev/gen_roxygen_tests.R.
+
+test_that("analogous to test-roxygen-examples-complete: 28", {
+  expect_warning(test_collection("roxygen-examples-complete", "^28-", transformer = style_text), NA)
+})
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-29.R b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-29.R
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bf30fe968
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete-29.R
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# NB: DO NOT EDIT. Auto-generated by .dev/gen_roxygen_tests.R.
+
+test_that("analogous to test-roxygen-examples-complete: 29", {
+  expect_warning(test_collection("roxygen-examples-complete", "^29-", transformer = style_text), NA)
+})
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete.R b/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete.R
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d78cc4f0..000000000
--- a/tests/testthat/test-roxygen-examples-complete.R
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,152 +0,0 @@
-test_that("analogous to test-roxygen-examples-complete", {
-  expect_warning(test_collection(
-    "roxygen-examples-complete", "^01",
-    transformer = style_text
-  ), NA)
-
-  expect_warning(test_collection(
-    "roxygen-examples-complete", "^11",
-    transformer = style_text
-  ), NA)
-
-  expect_warning(test_collection(
-    "roxygen-examples-complete", "^12-fun",
-    transformer = style_text
-  ), NA)
-
-  expect_warning(test_collection(
-    "roxygen-examples-complete", "^12-dont",
-    transformer = style_text
-  ), NA)
-
-
-  expect_warning(test_collection(
-    "roxygen-examples-complete", "^13",
-    transformer = style_text
-  ), NA)
-
-  expect_warning(test_collection(
-    "roxygen-examples-complete", "^14",
-    transformer = style_text
-  ), NA)
-
-  expect_warning(test_collection(
-    "roxygen-examples-complete", "^02",
-    transformer = style_text
-  ), NA)
-
-  expect_warning(test_collection(
-    "roxygen-examples-complete", "^03",
-    transformer = style_text
-  ), NA)
-
-  expect_warning(test_collection(
-    "roxygen-examples-complete", "^04",
-    transformer = style_text
-  ), NA)
-
-  expect_warning(test_collection(
-    "roxygen-examples-complete", "^05",
-    transformer = style_text
-  ), NA)
-
-  expect_warning(test_collection(
-    "roxygen-examples-complete", "^06",
-    transformer = style_text
-  ), NA)
-
-  expect_warning(test_collection(
-    "roxygen-examples-complete", "^07",
-    transformer = style_text
-  ), NA)
-
-  expect_warning(test_collection(
-    "roxygen-examples-complete", "^08",
-    transformer = style_text
-  ), NA)
-
-  expect_warning(test_collection(
-    "roxygen-examples-complete", "^09",
-    transformer = style_text
-  ), NA)
-
-  expect_warning(test_collection(
-    "roxygen-examples-complete", "^10",
-    transformer = style_text
-  ), NA)
-
-  expect_warning(test_collection(
-    "roxygen-examples-complete", "^15",
-    transformer = style_text, scope = "spaces"
-  ), NA)
-
-  # Don't warn about empty strings in roxygen comments
-  expect_warning(test_collection(
-    "roxygen-examples-complete", "^16",
-    transformer = style_text
-  ), NA)
-
-  expect_warning(test_collection(
-    "roxygen-examples-complete", "^17",
-    transformer = style_text
-  ), NA)
-
-  expect_warning(test_collection(
-    "roxygen-examples-complete", "^18",
-    transformer = style_text
-  ), NA)
-  expect_warning(test_collection(
-    "roxygen-examples-complete", "^19",
-    transformer = style_text
-  ), NA)
-
-  expect_warning(test_collection(
-    "roxygen-examples-complete", "^20",
-    transformer = style_text
-  ), NA)
-
-  expect_warning(test_collection(
-    "roxygen-examples-complete", "^21",
-    transformer = style_text
-  ), NA)
-
-  expect_warning(test_collection(
-    "roxygen-examples-complete", "^22",
-    transformer = style_text
-  ), NA)
-
-  expect_error(test_collection(
-    "roxygen-examples-complete", "^23",
-    transformer = style_text
-  ), "issues/1242")
-
-  expect_warning(test_collection(
-    "roxygen-examples-complete", "^24",
-    transformer = style_text
-  ), NA)
-
-  expect_warning(test_collection(
-    "roxygen-examples-complete", "^25",
-    transformer = style_text
-  ), NA)
-
-  expect_warning(test_collection(
-    "roxygen-examples-complete", "^26",
-    transformer = style_text
-  ), NA)
-
-  expect_warning(test_collection(
-    "roxygen-examples-complete", "^27",
-    transformer = style_text
-  ), NA)
-
-  expect_warning(test_collection(
-    "roxygen-examples-complete", "^28",
-    transformer = style_text
-  ), NA)
-
-  expect_warning(test_collection(
-    "roxygen-examples-complete", "^29",
-    transformer = style_text
-  ), NA)
-})