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.gauge folder details

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callmekatootie commented

I observed that when running the tests, there is a .gauge folder created but the documentation makes no mention of this.

Furthermore, this folder seems to contain the executionStatus.json file, that contains the test run details - which I find to be useful. But the documentation does not speak about it.

sriv commented

Thanks for posting. In general the .gauge folder is a place for gauge to store state information that is required for a feature. Ex. executionStatus.json is used to display the execution status in editors like VSCode (using the gauge VScode plugin). In that context this is considered an implementation detail, and is subject to change. This means that there is no promise that this functionality will remain so in the future, and hence is not documented.

Hope this makes sense.

callmekatootie commented

That does make sense. Thank you.

Now, is there a similar file (such as executionStatus.json) that is reliable and has the same state info? I am running gauge inside docker and I wish to share the status of the execution (gauge run specs command) with the host. What would my best bet be

sriv commented

In that scenario, I think either of xml-report or json-report might suit you better.

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callmekatootie commented

Yes it does. Thank you for pointing that out. I'll look into it.

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