Using vstest.console.exe TestCategory with equals and not equals

Question

I am using SpecFlow to write Gherkin for automated UI tests. We have multiple tags (@smoke, @on, @off, etc.).

Test A has tags @smoke Test B has tags @smoke @off

These are translated to vstest test categories and do not include the @ symbol.

I want to run test A but not test B.

This is what is not working. It runs all @smoke tests.

Vstest.console.exe mytest.dll /TestCaseFilter:"TestCategory=smoke&TestCategory!=off"

Any ideas?

Answer 1

I had two issues.

1. I was executing the test with Thoughtworks Go which did weird things with the quotes before executing the command
2. I needed to surround the entire condition with parenthesis as such: Vstest.console.exe mytest.dll /TestCaseFilter:"(TestCategory=smoke&TestCategory!=off)"