Index: phpunit.xml.dist
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diff --git a/trunk/phpunit.xml.dist b/trunk/phpunit.xml.dist
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+<phpunit bootstrap="tests/bootstrap.php" backupGlobals="false" colors="true">
+    <testsuites>
+        <!-- Default test suite to run all tests -->
+        <testsuite>
+            <directory prefix="bbp_test_" suffix=".php">tests</directory>
+        </testsuite>
+    </testsuites>
+</phpunit>
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Index: tests/bbp_test_wordpress_plugin_tests.php
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diff --git a/trunk/tests/bbp_test_wordpress_plugin_tests.php b/trunk/tests/bbp_test_wordpress_plugin_tests.php
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+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Tests to test that that testing framework is testing tests. Meta, huh?
+ *
+ * @package wordpress-plugins-tests
+ */
+class WP_Test_WordPress_Plugin_Tests  extends WP_UnitTestCase  {
+
+	/**
+	 * Run a simple test to ensure that the tests are running
+	 */
+	 function test_tests() {
+
+		$this->assertTrue( true );
+
+	 }
+
+	/**
+	 * Ensure that the plugin has been installed and activated.
+	 */
+	function test_plugin_activated() {
+
+		$this->assertTrue( is_plugin_active( 'bbpress/bbpress.php' ) );
+
+	}
+
+}
Index: tests/bootstrap.php
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diff --git a/trunk/tests/bootstrap.php b/trunk/tests/bootstrap.php
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+<?php
+/**
+ * Bootstrap the plugin unit testing environment.
+ *
+ * Edit 'active_plugins' setting below to point to your main plugin file.
+ *
+ * @package wordpress-plugin-tests
+ */
+
+// Activates this plugin in WordPress so it can be tested.
+$GLOBALS['wp_tests_options'] = array(
+	'active_plugins' => array( 'bbpress/bbpress.php' ),
+);
+
+// If the develop repo location is defined (as WP_DEVELOP_DIR), use that
+// location. Otherwise, we'll just assume that this plugin is installed in a
+// WordPress develop SVN checkout.
+
+if( false !== getenv( 'WP_DEVELOP_DIR' ) ) {
+	require getenv( 'WP_DEVELOP_DIR' ) . '/tests/phpunit/includes/bootstrap.php';
+} else {
+	require '../../../../tests/phpunit/includes/bootstrap.php';
+}