AynSiddiqui opened a new issue, #1476: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow-go/issues/1476
### Describe the enhancement requested A fresh `git clone` followed by `go test ./...` fails in a few packages (`arrow/csv`, `parquet`, `parquet/file`, `parquet/pqarrow`) because their test data lives in the `arrow-testing` and `parquet-testing` git submodules, which a plain clone does not fetch. Some tests panic with "please point the PARQUET_TEST_DATA environment variable to the test data dir"; the csv tests fail with `unable to find file "../../parquet-testing/data"`. The fix is `git submodule update --init` plus setting `ARROW_TEST_DATA` and `PARQUET_TEST_DATA` (as `ci/scripts/test.sh` does), but CONTRIBUTING.md and the README don't mention it. I'd like to add a short "Running the tests" section to CONTRIBUTING.md covering `--recurse-submodules` / `git submodule update --init` and the two env vars. I have the change ready and can open a PR. ### Component(s) Documentation, Developer Tools -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
