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mocha v7.0.0 Release Notes

Release Date: 2020-01-05 // over 4 years ago

  • 7.0.0 / 2020-01-05

    🍱 💥 Breaking Changes

    • ⬇️ #3885: Drop Node.js v6.x support (@mojosoeun)
    • #3890: Remove Node.js debug-related flags --debug/--debug-brk and deprecate debug argument (@juergba)
    • #3962: Changes to command-line options (@ParkSB):
      • --list-interfaces replaces --interfaces
      • --list-reporters replaces --reporters
    • Hook pattern of this.skip() (@juergba):
      • #3859: When conditionally skipping in a it test, related afterEach hooks are now executed
      • #3741: When conditionally skipping in a beforeEach hook, subsequent inner beforeEach hooks are now skipped and related afterEach hooks are executed
      • #4136: Disallow this.skip() within after hooks
    • #3967: Remove deprecated getOptions() and lib/cli/options.js (@juergba)
    • #4083: Uncaught exception in pending test: don't swallow, but retrospectively fail the test for correct exit code (@juergba)
    • #4004: Align Mocha constructor's option names with command-line options (@juergba)

    🍱 🎉 Enhancements

    • #3980: Refactor and improve --watch mode with chokidar (@geigerzaehler):
      • adds command-line options --watch-files and --watch-ignore
      • removes --watch-extensions
    • #3979: Type "rs\n" to restart tests (@broofa)

    🍱 📠 Deprecations

    These are soft-deprecated, and will emit a warning upon use. Support will be removed in (likely) the next major version of Mocha:

    • #3968: Deprecate legacy configuration via mocha.opts (@juergba)

    🍱 🐛 Fixes

    🍱 🔍 Coverage

    📚 📖 Documentation

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