CircleCI with no tests

Question

I want to use CircleCI just to push my docker image to Dockerhub when I merge with master. I am using CircleCI in other projects where it is more useful and want to be consistent (as well as I am planning to add tests later). However all my builds fail because CircleCI says: "NO TESTS!", which is true. How can I disable CircleCI from checking for tests presence.

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Have you found another way ? – Nico Jul 18 '16 at 19:50

Ela · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-10T22:03:17.427

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I solved the problem by overriding the test section of circle.yml:

test:
  override:
    - echo "test"

This works for CircleCI 1.0

edited Oct 10 '17 at 22:03

answered Feb 10 '16 at 01:58

Ela

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You can also use `true` as the command. This is theoretically better because it actually returns a status code instead of just outputting text. – lachie_h Feb 15 '17 at 19:41
Please be careful to choose CircleCI 1.0 otherwise this will not work. – Jonathan Muszkat Oct 10 '17 at 00:55
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How can I achieve the same with 2.0? – Andrejs Cainikovs Jan 22 '18 at 14:51

score 17 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 18 '17 at 00:08

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Alternatively, as cited on this discussion, you can use "true" to skip tests:

# circle.yml
...

test:
  override:
    - "true"

...

Please notice the double quotes as otherwise it won't work.

I hope that is helpful as it worked for me!

answered Feb 18 '17 at 00:08

fagiani

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Double quotes! YAML strikes again... is YAML the AppleScript of data formats? – joerick May 29 '17 at 09:54

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 28 '18 at 00:38

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CircleCI 2.0 no longer requires a test section in your config.yml. Just leave it off!

answered Jun 28 '18 at 00:38

Will

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