Feature request: --list

[sbeyer]

Hi,

for easier filtering (using --only or --skip) it would be awesome if bandit could output a list of the whole describe() hierarchy. (I'd suggest --list for such a feature.)
Maybe, sometimes it is also convenient to get a full list of all describe() and it(). (--full-list or --list-them or --list-all?)

Thank you,
Stephan

[joakimkarlsson]

6f722b9 adds a --dry-run option that essentially marks all tests as skipped. If you combine that with the spec or info reporters, you'll get a list of all describes and its.

[sbeyer]

In the OGDF fork of bandit I have cherry-picked the --list-tests commit by champloo and this is basically the same as --dry-run, I guess. I adapted it slightly to use the spec reporter (always, you cannot change it).

I just compared the output. The --dry-run --reporter=spec shows an ugly SKIPPED on every test, --list-tests does not. But it's probably good enough to live with.

[Cogitri]

It seems like --dry-run doesn't skip the before_ each etc. blocks and only the it blocks though. As such --dry-run takes about 2 minutes to run on my machine, whereas --dry-run --only=UNIQUESTRINGTHATISNTINANYDESCRIPTION takes only a few seconds to run.