- Running from the command line
- Using with yarn
- Using with npm scripts
- Camelcase & dashed args support
- Options
- Reference
- jest <regexForTestFiles>
- —bail
- —cache
- —changedFilesWithAncestor
- —changedSince
- —ci
- —clearCache
- —collectCoverageFrom=<glob>
- —colors
- —config=<path>
- —coverage
- —debug
- —detectOpenHandles
- —env=<environment>
- —errorOnDeprecated
- —expand
- —findRelatedTests <spaceSeparatedListOfSourceFiles>
- —forceExit
- —help
- —init
- —json
- —outputFile=<filename>
- —lastCommit
- —listTests
- —logHeapUsage
- —maxConcurrency=<num>
- —maxWorkers=<num>|<string>
- —noStackTrace
- —notify
- —onlyChanged
- —passWithNoTests
- —projects <path1> … <pathN>
- —reporters
- —runInBand
- —runTestsByPath
- —setupTestFrameworkScriptFile=<file>
- —showConfig
- —silent
- —testNamePattern=<regex>
- —testLocationInResults
- —testPathPattern=<regex>
- —testPathIgnorePatterns=[array]
- —testRunner=<path>
- —updateSnapshot
- —useStderr
- —verbose
- —version
- —watch
- —watchAll
- —watchman
The jest
command line runner has a number of useful options. You can run jest —help
to view all available options. Many of the options shown below can also be used together to run tests exactly the way you want. Every one of Jest's Configuration options can also be specified through the CLI.
Here is a brief overview:
Running from the command line
Run all tests (default):
jest
Run only the tests that were specified with a pattern or filename:
jest my-test #or
jest path/to/my-test.js
Run tests related to changed files based on hg/git (uncommitted files):
jest -o
Run tests related to path/to/fileA.js
and path/to/fileB.js
:
jest --findRelatedTests path/to/fileA.js path/to/fileB.js
Run tests that match this spec name (match against the name in describe
or test
, basically).
jest -t name-of-spec
Run watch mode:
jest --watch #runs jest -o by default
jest --watchAll #runs all tests
Watch mode also enables to specify the name or path to a file to focus on a specific set of tests.
Using with yarn
If you run Jest via yarn test
, you can pass the command line arguments directly as Jest arguments.
Instead of:
jest -u -t="ColorPicker"
you can use:
yarn test -u -t="ColorPicker"
Using with npm scripts
If you run Jest via npm test
, you can still use the command line arguments by inserting a —
between npm test
and the Jest arguments.
Instead of:
jest -u -t="ColorPicker"
you can use:
npm test -- -u -t="ColorPicker"
Camelcase & dashed args support
Jest supports both camelcase and dashed arg formats. The following examples will have equal result:
jest --collect-coverage
jest --collectCoverage
Arguments can also be mixed:
jest --update-snapshot --detectOpenHandles
Options
Note: CLI options take precedence over values from the Configuration.
jest
—bail
—cache
—changedFilesWithAncestor
—changedSince
—ci
—clearCache
—collectCoverageFrom=
—colors
—config=
—coverage
—debug
—detectOpenHandles
—env=
—errorOnDeprecated
—expand
—findRelatedTests
—forceExit
—help
—init
—json
—outputFile=
—lastCommit
—listTests
—logHeapUsage
—maxConcurrency=
—maxWorkers=|
—noStackTrace
—notify
—onlyChanged
—passWithNoTests
—projects …
—reporters
—runInBand
—runTestsByPath
—setupTestFrameworkScriptFile=
—showConfig
—silent
—testNamePattern=
—testLocationInResults
—testPathPattern=
—testPathIgnorePatterns=[array]
—testRunner=
—updateSnapshot
—useStderr
—verbose
—version
—watch
—watchAll
—watchman
Reference
jest <regexForTestFiles>
When you run jest
with an argument, that argument is treated as a regular expression to match against files in your project. It is possible to run test suites by providing a pattern. Only the files that the pattern matches will be picked up and executed. Depending on your terminal, you may need to quote this argument: jest "my.*(complex)?pattern"
. On Windows, you will need to use /
as a path separator or escape \
as \
.
—bail
Alias: -b
. Exit the test suite immediately upon n
number of failing test suite. Defaults to 1
.
—cache
Whether to use the cache. Defaults to true. Disable the cache using —no-cache
. Note: the cache should only be disabled if you are experiencing caching related problems. On average, disabling the cache makes Jest at least two times slower.
If you want to inspect the cache, use —showConfig
and look at the cacheDirectory
value. If you need to clear the cache, use —clearCache
.
—changedFilesWithAncestor
Runs tests related to the current changes and the changes made in the last commit. Behaves similarly to —onlyChanged
.
—changedSince
Runs tests related to the changes since the provided branch. If the current branch has diverged from the given branch, then only changes made locally will be tested. Behaves similarly to —onlyChanged
.
—ci
When this option is provided, Jest will assume it is running in a CI environment. This changes the behavior when a new snapshot is encountered. Instead of the regular behavior of storing a new snapshot automatically, it will fail the test and require Jest to be run with —updateSnapshot
.
—clearCache
Deletes the Jest cache directory and then exits without running tests. Will delete cacheDirectory
if the option is passed, or Jest's default cache directory. The default cache directory can be found by calling jest —showConfig
. Note: clearing the cache will reduce performance.
—collectCoverageFrom=<glob>
A glob pattern relative to
—colors
Forces test results output highlighting even if stdout is not a TTY.
—config=<path>
Alias: -c
. The path to a Jest config file specifying how to find and execute tests. If no rootDir
is set in the config, the directory containing the config file is assumed to be the rootDir for the project. This can also be a JSON-encoded value which Jest will use as configuration.
—coverage
Indicates that test coverage information should be collected and reported in the output. This option is also aliased by —collectCoverage
.
—debug
Print debugging info about your Jest config.
—detectOpenHandles
Attempt to collect and print open handles preventing Jest from exiting cleanly. Use this in cases where you need to use —forceExit
in order for Jest to exit to potentially track down the reason. Implemented using async_hooks
, so it only works in Node 8 and newer.
—env=<environment>
The test environment used for all tests. This can point to any file or node module. Examples: jsdom
, node
or path/to/my-environment.js
.
—errorOnDeprecated
Make calling deprecated APIs throw helpful error messages. Useful for easing the upgrade process.
—expand
Alias: -e
. Use this flag to show full diffs and errors instead of a patch.
—findRelatedTests <spaceSeparatedListOfSourceFiles>
Find and run the tests that cover a space separated list of source files that were passed in as arguments. Useful for pre-commit hook integration to run the minimal amount of tests necessary. Can be used together with —coverage
to include a test coverage for the source files, no duplicate —collectCoverageFrom
arguments needed.
—forceExit
Force Jest to exit after all tests have completed running. This is useful when resources set up by test code cannot be adequately cleaned up. Note: This feature is an escape-hatch. If Jest doesn't exit at the end of a test run, it means external resources are still being held on to or timers are still pending in your code. It is advised to tear down external resources after each test to make sure Jest can shut down cleanly. You can use —detectOpenHandles
to help track it down.
—help
Show the help information, similar to this page.
—init
Generate a basic configuration file. Based on your project, Jest will ask you a few questions that will help to generate a jest.config.js
file with a short description for each option.
—json
Prints the test results in JSON. This mode will send all other test output and user messages to stderr.
—outputFile=<filename>
Write test results to a file when the —json
option is also specified. The returned JSON structure is documented in testResultsProcessor.
—lastCommit
Run all tests affected by file changes in the last commit made. Behaves similarly to —onlyChanged
.
—listTests
Lists all tests as JSON that Jest will run given the arguments, and exits. This can be used together with —findRelatedTests
to know which tests Jest will run.
—logHeapUsage
Logs the heap usage after every test. Useful to debug memory leaks. Use together with —runInBand
and —expose-gc
in node.
—maxConcurrency=<num>
Prevents Jest from executing more than the specified amount of tests at the same time. Only affects tests that use test.concurrent
.
—maxWorkers=<num>|<string>
Alias: -w
. Specifies the maximum number of workers the worker-pool will spawn for running tests. This defaults to the number of the cores available on your machine. It may be useful to adjust this in resource limited environments like CIs but the default should be adequate for most use-cases.
For environments with variable CPUs available, you can use percentage based configuration: —maxWorkers=50%
—noStackTrace
Disables stack trace in test results output.
—notify
Activates notifications for test results. Good for when you don't want your consciousness to be able to focus on anything except JavaScript testing.
—onlyChanged
Alias: -o
. Attempts to identify which tests to run based on which files have changed in the current repository. Only works if you're running tests in a git/hg repository at the moment and requires a static dependency graph (ie. no dynamic requires).
—passWithNoTests
Allows the test suite to pass when no files are found.
—projects <path1> … <pathN>
Run tests from one or more projects, found in the specified paths; also takes path globs. This option is the CLI equivalent of the projects
configuration option. Note that if configuration files are found in the specified paths, all projects specified within those configuration files will be run.
—reporters
Run tests with specified reporters. Reporter options are not available via CLI. Example with multiple reporters:
jest —reporters="default" —reporters="jest-junit"
—runInBand
Alias: -i
. Run all tests serially in the current process, rather than creating a worker pool of child processes that run tests. This can be useful for debugging.
—runTestsByPath
Run only the tests that were specified with their exact paths.
Note: The default regex matching works fine on small runs, but becomes slow if provided with multiple patterns and/or against a lot of tests. This option replaces the regex matching logic and by that optimizes the time it takes Jest to filter specific test files
—setupTestFrameworkScriptFile=<file>
The path to a module that runs some code to configure or set up the testing framework before each test. Beware that files imported by the setup script will not be mocked during testing.
—showConfig
Print your Jest config and then exits.
—silent
Prevent tests from printing messages through the console.
—testNamePattern=<regex>
Alias: -t
. Run only tests with a name that matches the regex. For example, suppose you want to run only tests related to authorization which will have names like "GET /api/posts with auth"
, then you can use jest -t=auth
.
Note: The regex is matched against the full name, which is a combination of the test name and all its surrounding describe blocks.
—testLocationInResults
Adds a location
field to test results. Useful if you want to report the location of a test in a reporter.
Note that column
is 0-indexed while line
is not.
{
"column": 4,
"line": 5
}
—testPathPattern=<regex>
A regexp pattern string that is matched against all tests paths before executing the test. On Windows, you will need to use /
as a path separator or escape \
as \
.
—testPathIgnorePatterns=[array]
An array of regexp pattern strings that is tested against all tests paths before executing the test. Contrary to —testPathPattern
, it will only run those test with a path that does not match with the provided regexp expressions.
—testRunner=<path>
Lets you specify a custom test runner.
—updateSnapshot
Alias: -u
. Use this flag to re-record every snapshot that fails during this test run. Can be used together with a test suite pattern or with —testNamePattern
to re-record snapshots.
—useStderr
Divert all output to stderr.
—verbose
Display individual test results with the test suite hierarchy.
—version
Alias: -v
. Print the version and exit.
—watch
Watch files for changes and rerun tests related to changed files. If you want to re-run all tests when a file has changed, use the —watchAll
option instead.
—watchAll
Watch files for changes and rerun all tests when something changes. If you want to re-run only the tests that depend on the changed files, use the —watch
option.
—watchman
Whether to use watchman for file crawling. Defaults to true. Disable using —no-watchman
.