GoogleTest: How to skip a test?

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The docs for Google Test 1.7 suggest:

If you have a broken test that you cannot fix right away, you can add the DISABLED_ prefix to its name. This will exclude it from execution. This is better than commenting out the code or using #if 0, as disabled tests are still compiled (and thus won’t rot).

Example from the above documentation:

// Tests that Foo does Abc.
TEST(FooTest, DISABLED_DoesAbc) { ... }

class DISABLED_BarTest : public testing::Test { ... };

// Tests that Bar does Xyz.
TEST_F(DISABLED_BarTest, DoesXyz) { ... }

If you have access to more recent versions of Google Test (the current version is v1.12.1), check out the GTEST_SKIP() macro suggested by jslmsca in the comments and Peter Bloomfield in another answer. From the sample in advanced.md:

TEST(SkipTest, DoesSkip) {
  GTEST_SKIP() << "Skipping single test";
  EXPECT_EQ(0, 1);  // Won't fail; it won't be executed
}

class SkipFixture : public ::testing::Test {
 protected:
  void SetUp() override {
    GTEST_SKIP() << "Skipping all tests for this fixture";
  }
};

// Tests for SkipFixture won't be executed.
TEST_F(SkipFixture, SkipsOneTest) {
  EXPECT_EQ(5, 7);  // Won't fail
}

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