From daf2f3c27447fd5c05e7bee533ccef0933cc23b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "许杰友 Jieyou Xu (Joe)" <39484203+jieyouxu@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2024 20:44:41 +0000
Subject: Document that test names cannot contain dots (#1927)

---
 src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/tests/ui.md | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

(limited to 'src/doc/rustc-dev-guide')

diff --git a/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/tests/ui.md b/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/tests/ui.md
index cffecda82d7..3f850264075 100644
--- a/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/tests/ui.md
+++ b/src/doc/rustc-dev-guide/src/tests/ui.md
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ The general form is:
 
 *test-name*`.`*revision*`.`*compare_mode*`.`*extension*
 
+* *test-name* cannot contain dots. This is so that the general form of test
+  output filenames have a predictable form we can pattern match on in order to
+  track stray test output files.
 * *revision* is the [revision](#cfg-revisions) name.
   This is not included when not using revisions.
 * *compare_mode* is the [compare mode](#compare-modes).
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