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Recursively run all tests in test directory using mocha
// this will find all files ending with _test.js and run them with Mocha. Put this in your package.json
"scripts": {
"test": "find ./tests -name '*_test.js' | xargs mocha -R spec"
},
@faethonm
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it works for me to wrap glob path into quotes

"scripts": {
    "test": "mocha \"test/**/*.spec.js\""
}

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vcostin commented May 31, 2021

it works for me to wrap glob path into quotes

"scripts": {
    "test": "mocha \"test/**/*.spec.js\""
}

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OMG, Thank you!
Without escaped quotes, it behaves totally different, and I thought that I have issues with NYC. I could not generate a proper code coverage report, and it derived me nearly insane.

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ANUR46 commented Sep 21, 2023

for me its working using --recursive

"scripts": {
    "test": "mocha --recursive --exit"
}

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