add tests folder warning

Author: jmckenna

en/development/tests/autotest.txt

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 :Contact:      warmerdam at pobox.com
 :Author:       Jeff McKenna
 :Contact:      jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com
-:Last Updated: 2026-07-03
+:Last Updated: 2026-08-31
 
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     :depth: 2
@@ -376,8 +376,12 @@ TODO
 Adding New Tests
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-- Pick an appropriate directory to put the test in. Feel free to start a new
+- Pick an appropriate directory under `/msautotest/` to put the test in. Feel free to start a new
   one for new families of testing functionality.
+  
+  .. warning::
+     Do not modify any files in the `/tests/` folder (including `/tests/unit/test.cpp`), 
+     please only add your tests under the `/msautotest/` folder. 
 
 - Create a minimal map file to test a particular issue. I would discourage
   starting from a "real" mapfile and cutting down as it is hard to reduce this
@@ -398,17 +402,17 @@ Adding New Tests
   directory. These test datasets should be as small as possible! Reuse
   existing datasets if at all possible.
 
-- run the "run_test.py" script.
+- execute the "run_test.py" script.
 
-- verify that the newly created expected/<testname>.png file produces the
+- verify that the newly created `expected/<testname>.png` file produces the
   results you expect. If not, revise the map and rerun the test, now checking
-  the results/<testname>.png file. Move the results/<testname>.png file into
+  the `results/<testname>.png` file. Move the `results/<testname>.png` file into
   the expected directory when you are happy with it.
 
-- add the .map file, and the expected/<testname>.png file to the
+- add the .map file, and the `expected/<testname>.png` file to the
   repository when you are happy with them.  For example,
 
-::
+  ::
 
     % git add mynewtest.map expected/mynewtest.png
     % git commit -m "My new test" mynewtest.map expected/mynewtest.png

en/output/kerneldensity.txt

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 :Author:        Thomas Bonfort, Mathieu Coudert
 :Contact:       tbonfort at terriscope.fr, mathieu.coudert at gmail.com
-:Last Updated: 2014/11/02
+:Last Updated:  2014-11-02
 
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