Parallel and serial test running in one command

[kostia-official]

Hello. Currently I'm running tests with using this npm scripts:

    "ava": "npm run ava:serial && npm run ava:parallel",
    "ava:serial": "NODE_ENV=test ava -vs test/*.test.serial.js",
    "ava:parallel": "NODE_ENV=test ava -v test/*.test.js",

Some tests I can run parallel and some test I can't. What about parsing serial string in file name and run them serially? It would be great, because my approach is not too fast.

[vadimdemedes]

Hey! You can use .serial() test modifier to run selected tests serially:

test.serial('requires to run serially', t => {
  // ...
});

[sindresorhus]

And if all tests in a file are serial, you can import just the serial test modifier:

import {serial as test} from 'ava';

// this is a serial test
test(t => {});

[kostia-official]

Thanks for answers but my before hooks still not work serially.
I have db clearing in my before hook that's why I can't run my test parallel.

It would be great to have one modifier for many tests of for one file. Like:

test.serial('all stuff inside of me is serial', t => {
    test(t => {});
    test(t => {});
});

[sindresorhus]

before hooks always run before the tests.

[vadimdemedes]

It would be great to have one modifier for many tests of for one file.

See @sindresorhus's solution above on how to accomplish this: #1107 (comment).