Add section for negative tests to HACKING.rst
This commit adds a new section to HACKING.rst to outline the
guidelines for adding negative tests to tempest.
Change-Id: Ieb3fc3670bb9229c6791e5c8c0a7ac4fbde03c4d
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in tempest.api.compute would require a service tag for those services, however
they do not need to be tagged as compute.
+Negative Tests
+--------------
+When adding negative tests to tempest there are 2 requirements. First the tests
+must be marked with a negative attribute. For example::
+
+ @attr(type=negative)
+ def test_resource_no_uuid(self):
+ ...
+
+The second requirement is that all negative tests must be added to a negative
+test file. If such a file doesn't exist for the particular resource being
+tested a new test file should be added.
+
Test skips because of Known Bugs
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