test_runner: option to skip tests from command-line

[malthe]

What is the problem this feature will solve?

For some environments, one or more tests should be skipped because they're testing functionality that's not supported.

For example, testing SSL connectivity in an environment that deliberately does not support it.

What is the feature you are proposing to solve the problem?

Similar to --test-name-pattern, there should be a option to specify a pattern to skip a subset of tests.

Suggestion: --skip-name-pattern – of course, like its related option, it can be specified multiple times.

What alternatives have you considered?

The alternative is to encode this using for example environment variables, rigging up tests using { skip: <runtime-skip-condition> }.

But this is less obvious and arguably less flexible.

[meyfa]

Given that all test-related CLI flags seem to have a common "--test-" prefix, I suggest calling this --test-skip-pattern instead of --skip-name-pattern.

[MoLow]

+1 on adding this. implementation should be trivial if we just negate the existing logic/regex

[avivkeller]

Hi, @MoLow, @meyfa, and @malthe,

Would you mind if I go ahead and implement this?

[avivkeller]

Sorry, I didn't wait to hear an answer! I had similar logic from my test runners, so I figured I'd get a head start. Before I knew it, I was done!