deno test --exclude

[alexgleason]

I would like to exclude some files with the command line, so I can skip certain tests in my CI.

It's possible to exclude certain tests with deno.json by adding a test.exclude property, but this applies to all invocations of deno test, even when you specify an excluded file directly by filename. So, I have to delete it from deno.json when I want to run those tests manually.

I couldn't find any --exclude option in deno test, but it seems like it should exist.

EDIT: It is also possible to set { ignore: true } in the test options, and even { ignore: Deno.env.get('CI') === 'true' }, eg:

Deno.test('NDatabase.query with postgres fts', { ignore: !Deno.env.get('DATABASE_URL') }, async (t) => {

This is a little better than using text.exclude in deno.json, but it only works on individual tests, not entire files. So it becomes a maintenance problem when you have a lot of tests.

[bartlomieju]

Seems reasonable. PRs are welcome!

[Hasan-Alrimawi]

Hello @bartlomieju ,
during investigation to address this issue, I came across --ignore flag that can be paired with deno test command and it WORKS on entire files.
Check fn resolve_files within deno/cli/args/mod.rs
It seems to me that it fulfills what @alexgleason is trying to accomplish.

Can you @bartlomieju please confirm it, because if so, then there's no need to support --exclude.

[alexgleason]

Confirmed --ignore solves my problem. I just couldn't find it. Thank you for figuring this out @Hasan-Alrimawi!