Base run generating multiple snapshot images

When I do a base run to generate snapshots, each test is generating 2 snapshots:

• base.png
• base-big number.png

This creates a lot of churn in our repo because now instead of just having base.png be updated, we have a delete/create of the numbered image:

The number changes every time I run the command to generate base images. I am using the following command to do this:

./node_modules/.bin/cypress run --env type=base --config screenshotsFolder=cypress/snapshots/base,integrationFolder=src,testFiles=\"**/*visual.test.ts\"

Is there a way to run the “base” command and only generate the base.png file for each test? Thanks!

[Big0s]

Without any additional package:

"scripts": {
        "base": "./node_modules/.bin/cypress run --env type=base --config screenshotsFolder=cypress/snapshots/base",
        "postbase": "cd cypress/snapshots/base && rm -rf */*-base-*.png"
}

[mstalfoort]

at the moment I’ve fixed it (for now) this way for myself:

npm install del-cli

and added these commands in my package.json file

"scripts":
        "base": "npm run create:base && npm run clean:base",
        "create:base": "cypress run --env type=base --config screenshotsFolder=cypress/snapshots/base",
        "clean:base": "del ./cypress/snapshots/base/**/*-base-[0-9]*.png",
        "clean:base:dryrun": "del ./cypress/snapshots/base/**/*-base-[0-9]*.png --dry-run"

which in turn gives me the following situation: I run the npm run base command which generates new base images (including the ones with the timestamp in it) and when that command finishes it will remove all base images which have the timestamp in it