# \`\]test Package\` errors, but \`include(test\_script)\` succeeds

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**Created:** [June 14, 2023, 12:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/test-package-errors-but-include-test-script-succeeds/100326 "2023-06-14T12:15:14Z")\
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As far as I understand, `] test` creates a new environment with possibly new versions.

If you do `include("runtests.jl")` it will use the packages and versions of the activated env.

To speed-up `]test` I always use

> [@Testing a different file than runtests.jl](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/testing-a-different-file-than-runtests-jl/87789/10):
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> Just dropping my testing workflow: First, I test everything with (where [TestEnv.jl](https://github.com/JuliaTesting/TestEnv.jl) is installed globally): julia\> using Pkg; Pkg.activate("."); using TestEnv; TestEnv.activate(); include("test/runtests.jl") For any further test runs, I do: julia\> include("test/subtests.jl")

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