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Before and After hooks of other test get called even when skipped
before, beforeEach, afterEach and after hooks of other tests in a file gets called whenever a singular test is intended to be run.
See example
When you run
node --test --test-name-pattern "should add two numbers " on this test file, it is not meant to call the before hooks of the
second and third describe in the code below.
see the codesanbox here
const assert = require('node:assert');
const { before, beforeEach, it, describe, after } = require("node:test");
describe("First test", () => {
describe("first describe", () => {
before(() => {
console.log("in first before ");
});
it("should add two numbers ", () => {
assert.equal(1 + 1, 2);
});
});
describe("second describe", () => {
before(() => {
console.log("in second before ");
});
it("should multiply two numbers", () => {
assert.equal(1 *1, 1);
});
});
describe("third describe", () => {
before(() => {
console.log("in third before ");
});
it("should divide two numbers ", () => {
assert.equal(6/3, 2);
});
});
});