Run Jest tests only for current folder

Question

I have Jest installed on my machine and typing jest from terminal results in tests from parent folers also getting executed. I want to run tests only from the current folder.

For e.g. if I go to c:/dev/app in terminal and type some-jest-command, it should only run files with .test.js present in the app folder. Currently, running jest command from app folder runs tests in parent folders too, which is not my desired behaviour.

Answer 1

By default, Jest will try to recursively test everything from whatever folder package.json is located.

Let's say you're in c:/dev/app, and your package.json is in c:. If your basic command to invoke Jest is npm test, then try with run npm test dev/app.

Answer 2

If you want to run the tests from a specific folder user the --testPathPattern jest flag. When setting up the npm script add the path to the folder as well. In your package.json add the flag in you npm scripts. Check the bellow code for an example.

"scripts": {     ....     "test:unit": "jest --watchAll --testPathPattern=src/js/tests/unit-tests",     "test:integration": "jest --watchAll --testPathPattern=src/js/tests/integration",     "test:helpers": "jest --watchAll jest --findRelatedTests src/js/tests/unit-tests/helpers/helpers.test.js"     .... }, 

After that open the command line, change your directory where your project is and run unit test.

npm run test:unit 

or integration tests.

npm run test:integration 

or if you want a test only for one specific file run

npm run test:helpers