{folder name} is not a test file

[tony-kerz]

bash-4.4$ node -e "var os=require('os');console.log('Node.js ' + process.version + '\n' + os.platform() + ' ' + os.release())"
Node.js v10.16.3
darwin 18.6.0

bash-4.4$ npx ava --version
2.3.0

bash-4.4$ find test
test
test/ava
test/ava/test.js

bash-4.4$ npx ava


  1 test passed

bash-4.4$ npx ava test

✖ test is not a test file.

pre 2.x release i used to be able to specify:

ava {folder name}

and ava would recurse down finding tests and executing them, but now, it chokes, apparently thinking i'm trying to feed it a specific test file...?

[novemberborn]

Yes, this behavior changed in v2. You now need to provide file paths. Luckily the default file selection has also improved so you may be able to run npx ava itself. Or else you could use a glob pattern with your shell, e.g. npx ava folder/**/test/*.js.