busted No test files found matching Lua pattern: spec

Question

the contents of the file 'hhh.lua' is the same as file 'btest_spec.lua' (see my directory)

when I run 'busted' (just use commond 'busted') ,it return an error:

0 successes / 0 failures / 1 error / 0 pending : 0.00003 seconds
Error → No test files found matching Lua pattern: _spec

when I run 'busted btest_spec.lua' , it success and return :

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2 successes / 0 failures / 0 errors / 0 pending : 0.003049 seconds

when I run 'busted *', it success and return :

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4 successes / 0 failures / 0 errors / 0 pending : 0.006815 seconds

so ,why busted fail to find file 'btest_spec.lua' when I run 'busted'?

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 16 '16 at 14:22

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I had the same error (macOS Sierra, fish shell) and solved it by running busted . instead of just busted. Note the period indicating busted should look in the current working directory.

answered Dec 16 '16 at 14:22

Pieter Jongsma

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Also fixed the problem on Ubuntu (gnome-terminal). – hsandt May 22 '18 at 18:26
This is the correct answer! I have 1.7.0-1 installed in OSX with zsh and was facing the same error. Running it as `$ busted .` works. – Pericolo Nov 13 '19 at 18:14

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 17 '16 at 01:31

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This is due to a break in the dependency "penlight", which busted relies on.

See here - https://github.com/Olivine-Labs/busted/issues/528

The fixed version of penlight (1.4.1) is now on luarocks, which should fix your issue if you update busted.

answered Aug 17 '16 at 01:31

Nick Walker

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I have penlight 1.5.4-1 installed, so this must be yet another issue. – hsandt May 22 '18 at 18:24

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