gulp-mocha

Run Mocha tests

Keep in mind that this is just a thin wrapper around Mocha and your issue is most likely with Mocha.

Install

$ npm install --save-dev gulp-mocha

Usage

var gulp = require('gulp');
var mocha = require('gulp-mocha');

gulp.task('default', function () {
	return gulp.src('test.js', {read: false})
		// gulp-mocha needs filepaths so you can't have any plugins before it
		.pipe(mocha({reporter: 'nyan'}));
});

API

mocha([options])

options

ui

Type: string
Default: bdd
Values: bdd, tdd, qunit, exports

The interface to use.

reporter

Type: string
Default: spec | dot prior to mocha v1.21.0
Values: reporters

The reporter that will be used.

This option can also be used to utilize third-party reporters. For example if you npm install mocha-lcov-reporter you can then do use mocha-lcov-reporter as value.

globals

Type: array

List of accepted global variable names, example ['YUI']. Accepts wildcards to match multiple global variables, e.g. ['gulp*'] or even ['*']. See Mocha globals option.

timeout

Type: number
Default: 2000

Test-case timeout in milliseconds.

bail

Type: boolean
Default: false

Bail on the first test failure.

ignoreLeaks

Type: boolean
Default: false

Ignore global leaks.

grep

Type: string

Only run tests matching the given pattern which is internally compiled to a RegExp.

FAQ

Test suite not exiting

If your test suite is not exiting it might be because you still have a lingering callback, most often caused by an open database connection. You should close this connection or do the following:

gulp.task('default', function () {
	return gulp.src('test.js')
		.pipe(mocha())
		.once('error', function () {
			process.exit(1);
		})
		.once('end', function () {
			process.exit();
		});
});

CoffeeScript

Add require('coffee-script/register') to the top of your gulpfile.js.

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