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-Run Existing Tests
-==================
-
-See the output of
-
-  ../tools/test.py --help
-
-for how to run tests.
-
-See also
-
-  https://code.google.com/p/dart/wiki/Building#Testing
-
-for detailed examples.
-
-Create New Tests
-================
-
-See comments above
-
-  factory StandardTestSuite.forDirectory
-
-in
-
-  ../pkg/test_runner/lib/src/test_suite.dart
-
-for the default test directory layout. By default test-file names must
-end in "_test.dart", but some test suites, such as ./co19, subclass
-StandardTestSuite and override this default.
-
-See comments at the beginning of
-
-  ../pkg/test_runner/lib/src/multitest.dart
-
-for how to create tests that pass by failing with a known error. For
-example,
-
-  ...
-  int x = "not an int"; //# 01: static type warning
-  ...
-
-as part of a test will only pass the "--compiler dart2analyzer" test if
-the assignment generates a static type warning.
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+This directory contains tests of the language and core library implementations.
+For more information, see https://github.com/dart-lang/sdk/wiki/Testing.