Prevent vscode jest extension interpreting cypress tests as jest tests

Question

I have a create-react-app project with both jest (in ./src/components) and cypress (in ./cypress) tests. I have separate commands in my package.json file to run both test suites, and everything works as expected.

My problem is with the vscode jest extension ( orta.vscode-jest ), which interprets my cypress tests as jest tests and tries to run them.

Answer 1

I solved this by adding a line to my .vscode/settings.json file, telling the vscode jest extension ( orta.vscode-jest ) to use the correct jest command

{
  "jest.pathToJest": "npm run test:jest --"
}

Where the test:jest command is defined in my package.json :

{
  "scripts: {
    "test:jest": "CI=true react-scripts test",
  }
}