skip and only for exports ui

[seanmonstar]

I see in #524 is where .skip() and .only() where added, and some of the comments were looking for ways that this could be used with the exports ui. The commit including them says "only tdd and bdd for now", but that's a year ago.

Could strings of "comment" and "hashbang" be used for skip and only?

module.exports = {
  Array: {
    '//should be skipped': function() {},
    '#!should be only test': function(){}
  }
};

Or something? Anything? I much prefer exports ui, but I miss being able to use skip and only.

[chopachom]

+1 For something like this

[seanmonstar]

what about prefacing the property with SKIP and ONLY.

exports['ONLY my cool test'] = function() {

}

[eddieajau]

👍 though not sure on the format (while convenient, I don't like the use of a prefix in the property name). If limited to the suite level, it could be as follows:

module.exports = {
    'this suite will be skipped' : {
        skip: true,
        'test' : function () {}
    },
    'only this suite will be run' : {
        only: true,
        'test' : function () {}
    }
}

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[resistdesign]

Oh man, I thought this was already a thing! 😮

[JoshuaKGoldberg]

Duplicate of #928... I think. Someone yell at me if this is for something else. But at the very least I think #928 is more fleshed out and would solve the same use case as this.