🚀 Feature: Add a global variable in tests indicating the test runner name and version #5084
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Mocha right now adds standard test hooks to
globalThis
:after
,describe
,it
, and so on. But there's nothing indicating that it's specifically Mocha being run, and not some other test framework. Would it be reasonable to add some variable likemocha
to the global scope?With this global variable, testing utilities would be able to statically determine the test framework (Mocha) without being explicitly told it in their configuration. This can be useful for utilities that hook into framework-specific APIs.
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process.env
would work on the CLI / in Node.js, but not in all browser environments.Adding some string to a pre-existing global like
after
might work too, but seems hacky. Right nowafter.toString()
comes out to"function (name, fn) {\n suites[0].afterAll(name, fn);\n }"
.Additional Info
See JoshuaKGoldberg/console-fail-test#10: https://github.com/JoshuaKGoldberg/console-fail-test is a utility that runs during tests and uses the test framework's APIs to call testing hooks. It can sort of dynamically detect Mocha, but the implementation is brittle.
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