# test Runs unit tests in a project using the configured unit test runner. ## Usage The `test` command is a built-in alias to the [run command](/{{framework}}/cli/run). These two commands are equivalent: ```bash nx test [options] ``` ```bash nx run :test [options] ``` Install the `nx` package globally to invoke the command directly using `nx`, or use `npm run nx` or `yarn nx`. ### Examples Run unit tests: ```bash nx test myapp ``` ## Common Options The options below are common to the `test` command used within an Nx workspace. The Jest and Karma-specifc test options are listed after these options. ### codeCoverage Indicates that test coverage information should be collected and reported in the output. (https://jestjs.io/docs/en/cli#coverage) ### tsConfig The path to the Typescript configuration file. ### watch Watch files for changes and rerun tests. ### help Show help information. ### version Show version number ## Jest Options ### bail Exit the test suite immediately after `n` number of failing tests. (https://jestjs.io/docs/en/cli#bail) ### ci Whether to run Jest in continuous integration (CI) mode. This option is on by default in most popular CI environments. It will prevent snapshots from being written unless explicitly requested. (https://jestjs.io/docs/en/cli#ci) ### color Forces test results output color highlighting (even if stdout is not a TTY). Set to false if you would like to have no colors. (https://jestjs.io/docs/en/cli#colors) ### colors Forces test results output highlighting even if stdout is not a TTY. (https://jestjs.io/docs/en/cli#colors) ### coverageReporters A list of reporter names that Jest uses when writing coverage reports. Any istanbul reporter ### coverageDirectory An array of regexp pattern strings that are matched against all file paths before executing the test. If the file path matches any of the patterns, coverage information will be skipped. ### config 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 ### clearCache Deletes the Jest cache directory and then exits without running tests. Will delete Jest's default cache directory. _Note: clearing the cache will reduce performance_. ### findRelatedTests Find and run the tests that cover a comma separated list of source files that were passed in as arguments. (https://jestjs.io/docs/en/cli#findrelatedtests-spaceseparatedlistofsourcefiles) ### jestConfig The path of the Jest configuration. (https://jestjs.io/docs/en/configuration) ### json Prints the test results in JSON. This mode will send all other test output and user messages to stderr. (https://jestjs.io/docs/en/cli#json) ### maxWorkers 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. Useful for CI. (its usually best not to override this default) (https://jestjs.io/docs/en/cli#maxworkers-num) ### onlyChanged 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 or hg repository at the moment. (https://jestjs.io/docs/en/cli#onlychanged) ### outputFile Write test results to a file when the --json option is also specified. (https://jestjs.io/docs/en/cli#outputfile-filename) ### passWithNoTests Will not fail if no tests are found (for example while using `--testPathPattern`.) (https://jestjs.io/docs/en/cli#passwithnotests) ### reporters Run tests with specified reporters. Reporter options are not available via CLI. Example with multiple reporters: jest --reporters="default" --reporters="jest-junit" (https://jestjs.io/docs/en/cli#reporters) ### runInBand Run all tests serially in the current process (rather than creating a worker pool of child processes that run tests). This is sometimes useful for debugging, but such use cases are pretty rare. Useful for CI. (https://jestjs.io/docs/en/cli#runinband) ### setupFile The name of a setup file used by Jest. (https://jestjs.io/docs/en/configuration#setupfilesafterenv-array) ### silent Prevent tests from printing messages through the console. (https://jestjs.io/docs/en/cli#silent) ### testFile The name of the file to test. ### testNamePattern Run only tests with a name that matches the regex pattern. (https://jestjs.io/docs/en/cli#testnamepattern-regex) ### testPathPattern An array of regexp pattern strings that is matched against all tests paths before executing the test. (https://jestjs.io/docs/en/cli#testpathpattern-regex) ### testLocationInResults Adds a location field to test results. Used to report location of a test in a reporter. { "column": 4, "line": 5 } (https://jestjs.io/docs/en/cli#testlocationinresults) ### testResultsProcessor Node module that implements a custom results processor. (https://jestjs.io/docs/en/configuration#testresultsprocessor-string) ### updateSnapshot Use this flag to re-record snapshots. Can be used together with a test suite pattern or with `--testNamePattern` to re-record snapshot for test matching the pattern. (https://jestjs.io/docs/en/cli#updatesnapshot) ### useStderr Divert all output to stderr. ### verbose Display individual test results with the test suite hierarchy. (https://jestjs.io/docs/en/cli#verbose) ### 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. (https://jestjs.io/docs/en/cli#watchall) ## Karma Options ### browsers Override which browsers tests are run against. ### codeCoverage Output a code coverage report. ### codeCoverageExclude Globs to exclude from code coverage. ### configuration (-c) A named build target, as specified in the "configurations" section of angular.json. Each named target is accompanied by a configuration of option defaults for that target. Setting this explicitly overrides the `--prod` flag. ### environment Defines the build environment. ### evalSourceMap Output in-file eval sourcemaps. ### help Shows a help message for this command in the console. ### include Globs of files to include, relative to workspace or project root. There are 2 special cases: - when a path to directory is provided, all spec files ending ".spec.@(ts|tsx)" will be included - when a path to a file is provided, and a matching spec file exists it will be included instead ### karmaConfig The name of the Karma configuration file. ### main The name of the main entry-point file. ### poll Enable and define the file watching poll time period in milliseconds. ### polyfills The name of the polyfills file. ### preserveSymlinks Do not use the real path when resolving modules. ### prod Shorthand for "--configuration=production". When true, sets the build configuration to the production target. By default, the production target is set up in the workspace configuration such that all builds make use of bundling, limited tree-shaking, and also limited dead code elimination. ### progress Log progress to the console while building. ### reporters Karma reporters to use. Directly passed to the karma runner. ### sourceMap Output sourcemaps. ### tsCconfig The name of the TypeScript configuration file. ### vendorSourceMap Resolve vendor packages sourcemaps. ### watch Run build when files change. ### webWorkerTsConfig TypeScript configuration for Web Worker modules.