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Version: v4

New-PesterOption

SYNOPSIS​

Creates an object that contains advanced options for Invoke-Pester

SYNTAX​

New-PesterOption [-IncludeVSCodeMarker] [[-TestSuiteName] <String>] [-Experimental] [-ShowScopeHints]
 [[-ScriptBlockFilter] <Hashtable[]>] [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION​

By using New-PesterOption you can set options what allow easier integration with external applications or modifies output generated by Invoke-Pester. The result of New-PesterOption need to be assigned to the parameter 'PesterOption' of the Invoke-Pester function.

EXAMPLES​

EXAMPLE 1​

$Options = New-PesterOption -TestSuiteName "Tests - Set A"

Invoke-Pester -PesterOption $Options -Outputfile ".\Results-Set-A.xml" -OutputFormat NUnitXML

The result of commands will be execution of tests and saving results of them in a NUnitMXL file where the root "test-suite" will be named "Tests - Set A".

PARAMETERS​

-IncludeVSCodeMarker​

When this switch is set, an extra line of output will be written to the console for test failures, making it easier for VSCode's parser to provide highlighting / tooltips on the line where the error occurred.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-TestSuiteName​

When generating NUnit XML output, this controls the name assigned to the root "test-suite" element. Defaults to "Pester".

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 1
Default value: Pester
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Experimental​

Enables experimental features of Pester to be enabled.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ShowScopeHints​

EXPERIMENTAL: Enables debugging output for debugging tranisition among scopes. (Experimental flag needs to be used to enable this.)

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ScriptBlockFilter​

Filters scriptblock based on the path and line number. This is intended for integration with external tools so we don't rely on names (strings) that can have expandable variables in them.

Type: Hashtable[]
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 2
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters​

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

INPUTS​

None​

You cannot pipe input to this command.​

OUTPUTS​

System.Management.Automation.PSObject​

NOTES​

https://pester.dev/docs/v4/commands/Invoke-Pester

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