Cherry pick the tests and create suits

Question

Is there a way to cherry pick the tests and create suits in protractor/jasmine e2e test. I know protractor accepts with wildcard specs (*.spec") in the suites, but I am looking for select few tests in spec files and create a suit to run on protractor. Any help on this is greatly appreciated.

Correct me if I'm wrong: basically you want to group it()s instead of test files? — alecxe
Yes alecxe, is there way to pick them up from different spec files and create a new spec file or some way? — Jyothish

alecxe alecxe · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-22T15:42:07

suites can only group test files. Though, I would still think about regrouping the specs inside tests, or splitting them into multiple files so that suites can be used here - it is a great way to organize your tests and group them logically.

If you want to run specific it() blocks/specs from different files as a part of a group - tag them:

describe("test1", function () {
    it("should test something (#mytag)", function () {

    });
});

describe("test2", function () {
    it("should test something else (#mytag)", function () {

    });
});

And run with --grep:

protractor conf.js --grep "#mytag"

See also:

Running specs by tag

Alternatively, use focused specs (fdescribe/fit, or ddescribe/iit):

describe("test1", function () {
    fit("should test something", function () {

    });
});

describe("test2", function () {
    fit("should test something else", function () {

    });
});

Cherry pick the tests and create suits

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