Project: RSpec Core 3.12

Publisher: RSpec

exclude_pattern

Use the --exclude-pattern option to tell RSpec to skip looking for specs in files
that match the pattern specified.

Given

a file named "spec/models/model_spec.rb" with:

RSpec.describe "two specs here" do
  it "passes" do
  end

  it "passes too" do
  end
end

And

a file named "spec/features/feature_spec.rb" with:

RSpec.describe "only one spec" do
  it "passes" do
  end
end

Scenarios

By default, RSpec runs files that match `"**/*_spec.rb"`
The `--exclude-pattern` flag makes RSpec skip matching files
The `--exclude-pattern` flag can be used to pass in multiple patterns, separated by comma
The `--exclude-pattern` flag accepts shell style glob unions
The `--exclude-pattern` flag can be used with the `--pattern` flag

By default, RSpec runs files that match `"**/*_spec.rb"`

When: I run rspec
Then: the output should contain "3 examples, 0 failures"

The `--exclude-pattern` flag makes RSpec skip matching files

When: I run rspec --exclude-pattern "**/models/*_spec.rb"
Then: the output should contain "1 example, 0 failures"

The `--exclude-pattern` flag can be used to pass in multiple patterns, separated by comma

When: I run rspec --exclude-pattern "**/models/*_spec.rb, **/features/*_spec.rb"
Then: the output should contain "0 examples, 0 failures"

The `--exclude-pattern` flag accepts shell style glob unions

When: I run rspec --exclude-pattern "**/{models,features}/*_spec.rb"
Then: the output should contain "0 examples, 0 failures"

The `--exclude-pattern` flag can be used with the `--pattern` flag

When: I run rspec --pattern "spec/**/*_spec.rb" --exclude-pattern "spec/models/*_spec.rb"
Then: the output should contain "1 example, 0 failures"

Last published 4 months ago by Jon Rowe.