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[Bug] Parsing error because Catch2 v3 deprecates descriptions in `TEST_CASE`

See original GitHub issue

Checklist

The issue is about this extension and NOT about a fork.
Check the known issues list.
The latest version of the extension was used.

Describe the bug

Catch2 v3 deprecates descriptions in TEST_CASE, which breaks parsing of the --list-tests: https://github.com/catchorg/Catch2/releases/tag/v3.0.0-preview2 https://github.com/matepek/vscode-catch2-test-adapter/blob/master/src/framework/Catch2Runnable.ts#L120

Old output:

$ ./build/bin/libmil-test.exe --list-tests --verbosity high
All available test cases:
  equality_comparable
    ..\libs\libmil\src\asd\axt\mil\config\config.test.cpp(5)  
    (NO DESCRIPTION)     
      [test][test2]
  reproducible
    ..\libs\libmil\src\asd\axt\mil\config\serialization.test.cpp(7)
    (NO DESCRIPTION)     
2 test cases

New output:

$ ./build/bin/libmil-test.exe --list-tests --verbosity high
All available test cases:
  equality_comparable
    ..\libs\libmil\src\asd\axt\mil\config\config.test.cpp(5)       
      [test][test2]
  reproducible
    ..\libs\libmil\src\asd\axt\mil\config\serialization.test.cpp(7)
2 test cases

To Reproduce

Install Catch2 v3
Build tests
Reload tests in the Text Explorer
See error about the width

Desktop

Extension Version: 3.2.0
VS Code Version: 1.46.0-insiders
Catch2 Version: v3
OS Type and Version: Windows 10

Logs

[2020-05-15 13:15:52.602] [ERROR] Wrong test list output format 7 [
  'Matching test cases:',
  '  equality_comparable',
  '    ..\\libs\\libmil\\src\\asd\\axt\\mil\\config\\config.test.cpp(5)',
  '      [test][test2]',
  '  reproducible',
  '    ..\\libs\\libmil\\src\\asd\\axt\\mil\\config\\serialization.test.cpp(7)',
  '2 matching test cases',
  '',
  ''
];
[2020-05-15 13:15:52.602] [ERROR] Could not find catch2 file info [
  'Matching test cases:',
  '  equality_comparable',
  '    ..\\libs\\libmil\\src\\asd\\axt\\mil\\config\\config.test.cpp(5)',
  '      [test][test2]',
  '  reproducible',
  '    ..\\libs\\libmil\\src\\asd\\axt\\mil\\config\\serialization.test.cpp(7)',
  '2 matching test cases',
  '',
  ''
]
[2020-05-15 13:15:52.602] [WARN] Couldn't load executable [TypeError: Cannot read property 'substr' of undefined

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 3 years ago
Comments:8 (4 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

2reactions

horenmarcommented, May 15, 2020

Yup. For v3, just do

add_executable(name testfile1.cpp testfile2.cpp ...)
target_link_libraries(name Catch2::Catch2WithMain)

the include paths, main and so on will take care of itself.

2reactions

matepekcommented, May 15, 2020

congrats for the new version @horenmar . Thanks for the PR @Minimonium. I think I will try implement with the xml.

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