sources ignored in ava.config.js

[Christilut]

Description

I have added the sources section to ava.config.js as below but when I run this command:

npm run test:watch -- --verbose --match="foo"

The tests are not re-run when saving a file under the server/ path.

However, when I add the sources parameter as CLI argument then it does work as expect:

npm run test:watch -- --verbose --match="foo" --sources="server/**/*.ts"

And when I run without any argument then it the sources from ava.config.js does work:

npm run test:watch

So I guess when adding CLI arguments, the ava.config.js sources arguments is lost even when it is not added as a CLI argument. Is this expected behavior?

Config

export default {
  "compileEnhancements": false,
  "extensions": [
    "ts"
  ],
  "require": [
    "ts-node/register"
  ],
  "sources": [
    "server/**/*.ts"
  ],
  "files": [
    "tests/*.test.ts"
  ]
}

Command-Line Arguments

test script:

"test:watch": "ava --watch",

npm run test:watch -- --verbose --match="foo"

Environment

Tell us which operating system you are using, as well as which versions of Node.js, npm, and AVA. Run the following to get it quickly:

Node.js v8.12.0
ava 1.0.0-beta.8
npm 6.4.1

[novemberborn]

The --sources flag doesn't exist… Try setting the DEBUG environment variable so it logs the file changes: https://github.com/avajs/ava/blob/master/docs/recipes/watch-mode.md#debugging

(I'm closing this issue for housekeeping purposes, but let's keep the conversation going.)

[Christilut]

Ah okay. I thought that all the options here were both ava.config.js options and CLI options.

I think I was confused by this line: Arguments passed to the CLI will always take precedence over the configuration in package.json. which is followed by the ava.config.js options.

I'll use the debug flag and see why sources is ignored when adding match.