TIL: Colorful test output in Go

The standard command line use when testing go:

$ go test

Colors your test output according to your terminal configuration.

$ gotest

You can customize the colors for failing tests and passing tests via environment variables using the palette of your terminal.

GOTEST_PALETTE="red,green" gotest

The first color being for failures and the second one being for passes.

To find the colors in for example iTerm.app open the Preferences, your profile and the color tab.

Use the names for the colors in the environment variables

Resources and References

1. GitHub: rakyll/gotest

This article was lifted from my TIL collection