global.json Proposal Draft Document

[mariam-abdulla]

General

This is a draft proposal document for designing the global.json file for specifying the test runner with which we will be running the tests in the test projects.

Description

We have been working on improving the user experience in dotnet test by using Microsoft Testing Platform when running tests.
If you are interested in learning about the new testing platform, please check out this link.

We want to allow users to opt-in/opt-out this new experience through a global.json file where you specify the test runner with which you want to run your tests.

Suggestion

Please find below a sample of the global.json file

{
"test-sdk" :
  {
    "name": "testingplatform"
  }
}