I have tests that passed - now I get: Couldn't find any files to test

[rhysburnie]

Hi,

I have tests in a project that passed.
No changes to them, same location etc.

But when I run test now I get: 1 error "Couldn't find any files to test"

How can I resolve this? the test files are still where they have always been

[rhysburnie]

Can confirm other team member also getting same issue, so its not something thats gone wrong in my local directory

[novemberborn]

Which version are you using now? Where you using a different version before? Which one?

Could you share your AVA config so we can see how you're specifying the files?

[rhysburnie]

I have a pretty basic setup, not specifying files they match default globs.
one is in src/helpers/validation/dob.validatior.test.js for example.
tried also specifying just that path, same error.

"ava": "^0.25.0"

"ava": {
    "require": [
      "babel-register"
    ],
    "babel": "inherit"
  }

Last week I had the tests passing and haven't changed anything in regards to tests since.
I could understand if maybe somethings gone wrong with my local machine, but a coworker who has never run the test command before also tried and also got the error.

here's a test file sample - tho the problem is its not being found

import { test } from 'ava';
import dob from './dob.validator';

test('dob() creates a dob validator', t => {
  t.is(typeof dob, 'function');
  const validator = dob();
  t.is(typeof validator, 'function');
});

test('validator will only allow valid yyyy-mm-dd strings', t => {
  const validator = dob();
  t.true(validator(null));
  t.true(validator(''));
  t.false(validator(0));
  t.false(validator(new Date()));
  t.false(validator('1st of January 1970'));
  t.true(validator('1970-01-01'));
});

test('validator will only allow valid days', t => {
  const validator = dob();
  t.false(validator('2000-01-00'));
  t.false(validator('2000-01-32'));
  t.true(validator('2000-01-31'));
  t.false(validator('2000-04-31'));
  t.true(validator('2000-04-30'));
  t.true(validator('2018-02-28'));
  t.true(validator('2020-02-29'));
});

test('validator will only allow valid months', t => {
  const validator = dob();
  t.false(validator('2000-00-01'));
  t.false(validator('2000-13-13'));
  t.true(validator('2000-12-01'));
});

test('validator will only allow dates with years >= minYear if specified', t => {
  const validator = dob('1900');
  t.false(validator('1899-12-31'));
  t.false(validator('0000-01-01'));
  t.true(validator('1980-05-20'));
});

test('validator will only allow dates with years <= maxYear if specified', t => {
  const validator = dob(null, '2000');
  t.false(validator('2001-01-01'));
  t.true(validator('1999-12-31'));
  // obviously it's best to also use minYear
  // most of the time unless you want 2000 year olds etc.
  t.true(validator('0000-01-01'));
});

I can ls dir structure from same root as the test command and see .test files:

[novemberborn]

Aha! As of beta 7, import { test } from 'ava'; should be import test from 'ava';.

That should have been reported though. I've opened #1906 to track the issue.

(I'm closing this issue for housekeeping purposes, but let's keep the conversation going.)

[novemberborn]

I couldn't quite reproduce this behavior, but #1923 improves the output for the default reporter when there's files without tests.

[rhysburnie]

I don't see how the import would make a difference, if its no longer { test } then I would just get errors when i try to use tests, ava is simply not finding *.test.js files anywhere in my project.

I even throw an error in a *.test.js file and get nothing - surely if is was found there would be something in the console?

I see you have node >=8.9.4 listed in engines - which is what Im using (I usually use newer but the other dev has set it up with unrelated packages that need 8.9.4)

I did try import test from 'ava' but like I said its more like the test files themselves are never found even tho Im leaving the default glob patterns (I only have "test": "ava" in my package.json)

[rhysburnie]

update:

I updated ava and used import test from 'ava' and created a test at same level as package.json

import test from 'ava';
test(t => t.fail());

That works... however it still doesn't reach any other tests for example in my src/ folder...

But according to your docs one of the patterns in the default globs is: **/*.test.js shouldnt that find *.test.js files in my src/ folder and any folder in my entire project?

[novemberborn]

Yea makes sense that the problem is something else. Looking at #1903 (comment) again, I noticed the test file is inside a helpers directory. I don't think that'll work, see #909.

However, I don't know of any change since 0.25 that would impact this specifically.

I assume there are other files that suddenly aren't being picked up? Could you share some example file paths?

[rhysburnie]

Hi it must be that it is in the project helpers/ directory.

However, it was working with files in the helpers/ directory fine.
Is there ways around that? The exisiting project already had a src/helpers/ directory

Even if its because helpers/ is ignored why did it work previously? I made no changes and they have always been in helpers

[novemberborn]

Is there ways around that?

Not at the moment, but I've been considering a stop-gap measure to at least make the helper matching configurable.

Even if its because helpers/ is ignored why did it work previously? I made no changes and they have always been in helpers

I'm curious about that, too. Is it just the test files in src/helpers that aren't working, or are there other files as well? Could you share some example file paths?

[havenchyk]

@novemberborn I have the same problem - my directory is /dest/blabal/blabla/helpers/filename.js and this folder just skipped even if I specify files section at config to check exactly this helpers folder. So the problem is in helpers pattern.

Can I help you somehow?