Specify jest test files directory

Question

Am new to unit testing and i wanted only to test files located in a specific directory only

How do i specify that i want tests to run to files only on a specific directory and ignore others

so i have installed jest via npm

  "jest": "^23.6.0", 

And specified my test command in package.json via

scripts:{     "test": "jest --verbose"  } 

The above runs all the files but i want it to run for files in a specific directory eg  laratest directory only

How do i proceed

Answer 1

Add the directory name as an argument

scripts:{     "test": "jest --verbose ./my-directory" } 

Answer 2

Add configuration to your package.json.

"jest": {   "testMatch": ["**/laratest/**/*.test.js"] } 

https://jestjs.io/docs/en/configuration.html#testmatch-arraystring