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noExportsInTest

Diagnostic Category: lint/suspicious/noExportsInTest

Since: v1.6.0

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Disallow using export or module.exports in files containing tests

This rule aims to eliminate duplicate runs of tests by exporting things from test files. If you import from a test file, then all the tests in that file will be run in each imported instance, so bottom line, don’t export from a test, but instead move helper functions into a separate file when they need to be shared across tests.

Examples

Section titled Examples

Invalid

Section titled Invalid
export function myHelper() {}
describe('a test', () => {
    expect(1).toBe(1);
});
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  ✖ Do not export from a test file.
  
  > 1 │ export function myHelper() {}
      │ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    2 │ describe(‘a test’, () => {
    3 │     expect(1).toBe(1);

Valid

Section titled Valid
function myHelper() {}
describe('a test', () => {
    expect(1).toBe(1);
});
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