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specs2: Tag specification/individual test and exclude it from running using sbt

I need to skip specifications and individual tests while running my test suite. Here's an example such test:

package models

import org.specs2.mutable._
import org.specs2.runner._

class SlowTaggedSpecification extends Specification{
  "SLOW_SPEC" should {
    "BAD!! Not Skipped" in {
      "axbcd" must find( "bc".r )
    }
  } section( "SLOW_SPEC" )
}

class SlowFastTaggedSpecification extends Specification{
  "SLOW_FAST_SPEC" should {
    "run fast test" in {
      "axbcd" must find( "bc".r )
    } section( "FAST_TEST" )

    "SLOW_TEST should be skipped (BAD!! NOT Skipped)" in {
      "axbcd" must find( "bc".r )
    } section( "SLOW_TEST" )
  } section( "SLOW_FAST_SPEC" )
}

I need to skip SLOW_SPEC (entire spec) and SLOW_TEST (indvidual test only). My build.sbt is:

scalaVersion := "2.11.1"

libraryDependencies += "org.specs2" %% "specs2" % "2.3.12" % "test"

When I run the following command line:

sbt '~testOnly models.* -- -l SLOW_SPEC'
sbt '~testOnly models.* -- -l SLOW_TEST'

none of the tests gets skipped. May I know how do I exclude a specification and an individual test using tags? Also, what would be the sbt syntax if I weren't using testOnly , but test? 

sbt '~test -- -l SLOW_SPEC'

causes sbt to complain. My sbt version is 0.13.5

Any pointers would be appreciated.

Solution

  • The command line argument to exclude tags is 

    sbt> ~testOnly models.* -- exclude SLOW_SPEC

    If you want to exclude tags when using the test command you need to use Test.Arguments in your build.sbt file:

    testOptions in Test += Tests.Argument(TestFrameworks.Specs2, "exclude", "SLOW_SPEC")

    If you want to specifically run a SLOW_SPEC test, then use the following:

    sbt 'set testOptions in Test := Seq()' '~testOnly models.SlowTaggedSpecification'