Test file not found, when not run in root

I have a test project, that includes a package I’m working on in packages/my-library.

The Pest tests I want to execute are in that package. So there is a phpunit.xml in packages/my-library and the tests itself are located in packages/my-library/tests.

I installed the dependencies inside the packges/my-library folder (including pest) and configured the plugin in PhpStorm to point the Pest executable to the packages/my-library/vendor/bin/pest and the Default configuration file to packages/my-library/phpunit.xml.

When I try to run the tests from the command line (outside PhpStorm) vendor/bin/pest it works like expected.

When I try to run the tests from inside PhpStorm it fails. It doesn’t matter if I try it on a single test function, a file or the whole folder. The error I get is: Test framework quit unexpectedly

/opt/homebrew/bin/php /.../packages/my-library/vendor/bin/pest --teamcity --configuration /.../packages/my-library/phpunit.xml /.../packages/my-library/tests/Unit/ReplyKeyboardTest.php "--filter=/^P\\Packages\\my-library\\tests\\Unit\\ReplyKeyboardTest::it\screates\svalid\sJSON(\swith\s((data\sset\s\".*\")|(\(.*\)(\s#\d+)?)))?$/"
Testing started at 20:26 ...

Pest 1.21.2

   Pest\Exceptions\ShouldNotHappen 

  
This should not happen - please create an new issue here: https://github.com/pestphp/pest.

- Issue: Test file not found.
- PHP version: 8.1.4
- Operating system: Darwin

  at packages/my-library/vendor/pestphp/pest/src/Exceptions/ShouldNotHappen.php:38
     34▕      * Creates a new instance of should not happen without a specific exception.
     35▕      */
     36▕     public static function fromMessage(string $message): ShouldNotHappen
     37▕     {
  ➜  38▕         return new ShouldNotHappen(new Exception($message));
     39▕     }
     40▕ }
     41▕

      +3 vendor frames 
  4   packages/my-library/tests/Unit/ReplyKeyboardTest.php:10
      it("it creates valid JSON", Object(Closure))

Process finished with exit code 1

When I change the Run Configuration for this test and specify the working directory explicitly to be packages/my-library, the framework quits unexpectedly too, but I get no error from Pest. The output is as follows:

/opt/homebrew/bin/php /.../packages/my-library/vendor/bin/pest --teamcity --configuration /.../packages/my-library/phpunit.xml /.../packages/my-library/tests/Unit/ReplyKeyboardTest.php "--filter=/^P\\Packages\\my-library\\tests\\Unit\\ReplyKeyboardTest::it\screates\svalid\sJSON(\swith\s((data\sset\s\".*\")|(\(.*\)(\s#\d+)?)))?$/"
Testing started at 20:30 ...

Pest 1.21.2
PHPUnit 9.5.19 #StandWithUkraine

Tests:  
Assertions:  0
Time:  0s

Process finished with exit code 0

For readability and privacy I shortened the paths to the project root.

I’m not sure how I can fix this. Any ideas?

[olivernybroe]

Yaaay! 🎉

Alright, I’ll try and clean it up a bit and then hopefully in the next week or two have time to tag v1.4.0 💯

Thanks for your help, it’s really nice when people are willing to help out solving the issue

[olivernybroe]

Haha oops, my bad…

Alright, so lets try again again again… 😅

I have now done so if you have a custom working directory defined that is used, else the the parent dir of phpunit.xml is used PEST PHP-1.3.1-EAP.8.zip