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Project: RSpec Core 2.99

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--tag option

Use the --tag (or -t) option to filter the examples by tags.

The tag can be a simple name or a name:value pair. In the first case,
examples with :name => true will be filtered. In the second case, examples
with :name => value will be filtered, where value is always a string. In
both cases, name is converted to a symbol.

Tags can also be used to exclude examples by adding a ~ before the tag. For
example ~tag will exclude all examples marked with :tag => true and
~tag:value will exclude all examples marked with :tag => value.

To be compatible with the Cucumber syntax, tags can optionally start with
an @ symbol, which will be ignored.

Background
Given
a file named "tagged_spec.rb" with: 
describe "group with tagged specs" do
  it "example I'm working now", :focus => true do; end
  it "special example with string", :type => 'special' do; end
  it "special example with symbol", :type => :special do; end
  it "slow example", :skip => true do; end
  it "ordinary example", :speed => 'slow' do; end
  it "untagged example" do; end
end
Scenarios
  1. filter examples with non-existent tag
  2. filter examples with a simple tag
  3. filter examples with a simple tag and @
  4. filter examples with a name:value tag
  5. filter examples with a name:value tag and @
  6. exclude examples with a simple tag
  7. exclude examples with a simple tag and @
  8. exclude examples with a name:value tag
  9. exclude examples with a name:value tag and @
  10. filter examples with a simple tag, exclude examples with another tag
  11. exclude examples with multiple tags
filter examples with non-existent tag
When
I run rspec . --tag mytag
Then
the process should succeed even though no examples were run
filter examples with a simple tag
When
I run rspec . --tag focus
Then
the output should contain "include {:focus=>true}"
And
the examples should all pass
filter examples with a simple tag and @
When
I run rspec . --tag @focus
Then
the output should contain "include {:focus=>true}"
Then
the examples should all pass
filter examples with a name:value tag
When
I run rspec . --tag type:special
Then
the output should contain: 
include {:type=>"special"}
And
the output should contain "2 examples"
And
the examples should all pass
filter examples with a name:value tag and @
When
I run rspec . --tag @type:special
Then
the output should contain: 
include {:type=>"special"}
And
the examples should all pass
exclude examples with a simple tag
When
I run rspec . --tag ~skip
Then
the output should contain "exclude {:skip=>true}"
Then
the examples should all pass
exclude examples with a simple tag and @
When
I run rspec . --tag [email protected]
Then
the output should contain "exclude {:skip=>true}"
Then
the examples should all pass
exclude examples with a name:value tag
When
I run rspec . --tag ~speed:slow
Then
the output should contain: 
exclude {:speed=>"slow"}
Then
the examples should all pass
exclude examples with a name:value tag and @
When
I run rspec . --tag [email protected]:slow
Then
the output should contain: 
exclude {:speed=>"slow"}
Then
the examples should all pass
filter examples with a simple tag, exclude examples with another tag
When
I run rspec . --tag focus --tag ~skip
Then
the output should contain "include {:focus=>true}"
And
the output should contain "exclude {:skip=>true}"
And
the examples should all pass
exclude examples with multiple tags
When
I run rspec . --tag ~skip --tag ~speed:slow
Then
the output should contain one of the following:
exclude {:skip=>true, :speed=>"slow"}
exclude {:speed=>"slow", :skip=>true}
Then
the examples should all pass

Last published over 6 years ago by myronmarston.