When I run:
sbt testOnly com.blablabla.A
I'm getting the following output:
[error] Failed: Total 19, Failed 6, Errors 0, Passed 13, Ignored 6
[error] Failed tests:
[error] com.blablabla.A
[error] com.blablabla.B
[error] com.blablabla.C
[error] (test:testOnly) sbt.TestsFailedException: Tests unsuccessful
[error] Total time: 13 s, completed Jul 1, 2020 12:35:08 PM
Why?
I only want to test A.
The reason
sbt testOnly com.blablabla.A
does not work is because here sbt runs in batch mode which means it considers each space-separated value as a separate command and tries to execute them in sequence. For example, it considers testOnly as one command, and then com.blablabla.A as the next command
sbt testOnly com.blablabla.A
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1st command 2nd command
The solution is to enclose commands that take arguments themselves in quotes
sbt clean compile "testOnly TestA TestB"
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1st command 2nd command 3rd command args to 3rd command