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37303	Specify which test modules are being run in runtests.py	AJ Collins		"I'm new to the project and was reviewing tests on a PR ([[https://github.com/django/django/pull/21259/changes|this one if that helps]]). I ran `./tests/runtests.py admin_scripts` and thought it was running all the project's tests since it said ""Found 238 test(s)"". I naively thought 238 was too many tests for admin_scripts, and the output made no mention of ""admin_scripts"". I spent 5-10 minutes trying to see what I was doing wrong, since I was expecting the initial output to say *which* module was being run.

I'd like to propose that runtests.py specify the test module(s) being run *only when a subset is being run*. Proposed options below with changes surrounded in asterisks:

Option 1: List all modules being run. Potentially over-verbose when going beyond 10 modules...
{{{
> ./tests/runtests.py admin_scripts
Testing against Django installed in '/home/ajc/django' with up to 10 processes
Found 800 test(s). **Running tests in: admin_scripts, admin_views**.
}}}

Option 2: specify the **number** of modules being run:
{{{
> ./tests/runtests.py admin_scripts
Testing against Django installed in '/home/ajc/django' with up to 10 processes
Found 800 test(s) **across 2 module(s)**.
}}}

I'm mainly just hoping for some initial feedback from the test script indicating that I properly selected the subset of tests"	New feature	new	Testing framework	dev	Normal			AJ Collins	Unreviewed	0	0	0	0	1	0