Test recursively using mocha

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I have a problem with mocha, it does not understand my test hierarchy! I want my tests to be near their codebase, so I have some hierarchy like this in my project:

Level1
    |_ level11
        |_ level11.js
        |_ level11.test.js
                            |_ level11111
                                |_ level11111.js
                                |_ level11111.test.js
    |_ level12
        |_ level12.js
        |_ level12.test.js
        |_ level121
            |_ level121.js
            |_ level121.test.js
Level2
    |_ level2.js
    |_ level2.test.js

I have tried everything! Using **/**.test.js or —recursive flag, non of them do what it should do!

mocha.js node.js testing unit-testing
3 Answers

Linux to rescue! I had the same problem in a HUGE project that literally had no structure at all! Some developers had put tests in tests folder and some other in nested layers and … (some tests were using mocha and some using jest! In the SAME project! :D)

you can use:

mocha $(find . -name '*.spec.js')

in your package.json so:

  "scripts": {
    "test": "mocha $(find . -name '*.spec.js')"
  },
user_43900320

You need to use recursive with the extension flag:

mocha --extension .test.js --recursive

Just read the documentation for --extension and --recursive for more.

user_33407020

Configure your .mocharc.js file to allow running recursive tests as below:

module.exports = {
    "recursive": true,
    "exit": true,
    "timeout": "10000",
    "ignore": ["test/Helpers/*.js", "test/Samples/*.js", "test/Helpers/**/"],
    "reporter": "mochawesome",
    "reporterOptions": {
        "reportDir": "mocha"
    }
};
user_34423320
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