Fix test enivronment determination (#342)

* Fix test enivronment determination

* Remove -v flag from CI

Author: angary

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Building docker containers using docker-compose
         run: GO_MOD=go.mod docker-compose up -d --build
       - name: Golang Tests
-        run: go test -v ./...
+        run: go test ./...
         working-directory: ./backend
   frontend_testing:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest

backend/docs/WritingTests.md

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Once you've written your test it can be run with:
 ```sh
 # To run specifically this test
 go test myTest_test.go
-# To run all tests
+# To run all tests in the current directory and subdirectories
 go test  ./...
 ```
 

backend/environment/main.go

@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ func init() {
 
 // package to quickly grab information regarding the execution environment
 func IsTestingEnvironment() bool {
-	return flag.Lookup("test.v").Value.(flag.Getter).Get().(bool)
+	return flag.Lookup("test.v") != nil
 }