jest: tests running on stale code

2021-07-23

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From time to time, Jest’s test runner seems to be stuck on old code. In debugging it, I tried a number of different strategies, but ultimately discovered there’s a clearCache option to the CLI.

Alternatively, I could use the --no-cache flag, however, the docs discourage this in most circumstances.

Since the majority of the time, I like using Jest in its watch mode, I just added a script in my package.json, "test:clean": "jest --clearCache".

Now, I can run that whenever my tests get stale!


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