[#2357] Support both keywords and strings as test selectors

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 * Rename `cider-refresh` to `cider-ns-refresh` (and all the related defcustoms).
 * **(Breaking)** Rewrote connection management (see http://docs.cider.mx/en/latest/managing_connections/ for details).
 * **(Breaking)** `cider-jack-in-clojurescript` now creates only a ClojureScript REPL (use `cider-jack-in-clj&cljs` to create both REPLs).
+* [#2357](https://github.com/clojure-emacs/cider/issues/2357): Support both keywords and strings as test selectors (previously it was only strings).
 
 ## 0.17.0 (2018-05-07)
 

cider-test.el

@@ -622,6 +622,14 @@ This uses the Leiningen convention of appending '-test' to the namespace name."
 (declare-function cider-emit-interactive-eval-output "cider-eval")
 (declare-function cider-emit-interactive-eval-err-output "cider-eval")
 
+(defun cider-test--prompt-for-selectors (message)
+  "Prompt for test selectors with MESSAGE.
+The selectors can be either keywords or strings."
+  (mapcar
+   (lambda (string) (replace-regexp-in-string "^:+" "" string))
+   (split-string
+    (cider-read-from-minibuffer message))))
+
 (defun cider-test-execute (ns &optional tests silent prompt-for-filters)
   "Run tests for NS, which may be a keyword, optionally specifying TESTS.
 This tests a single NS, or multiple namespaces when using keywords `:project',
@@ -636,12 +644,10 @@ The include/exclude selectors will be used to filter the tests before
   (cider-test-clear-highlights)
   (let ((include-selectors
          (when prompt-for-filters
-           (split-string
-            (cider-read-from-minibuffer "Test selectors to include (space separated): "))))
+           (cider-test--prompt-for-selectors "Test selectors to include (space separated): ")))
         (exclude-selectors
          (when prompt-for-filters
-           (split-string
-            (cider-read-from-minibuffer "Test selectors to exclude (space separated): ")))))
+           (cider-test--prompt-for-selectors "Test selectors to exclude (space separated): "))))
     (cider-map-repls :clj-strict
       (lambda (conn)
         (unless silent