node --test-only opennning REPL

[sujeet-agrahari]

Version

v20.4.0

Platform

Darwin MacBook-Pro.local 22.5.0 Darwin Kernel Version 22.5.0

Subsystem

No response

What steps will reproduce the bug?

1. pnpm init to initialize a project
2. create test directory and a index.js file inside it,

import test from 'node:test';
import assert from 'node:assert'


test.only('synchronous passing test', (t) => {
  // This test passes because it does not throw an exception.
  assert.strictEqual(1, 1);
});

test('synchronous failing test', (t) => {
  // This test fails because it throws an exception.
  assert.strictEqual(1, 2);
});

test('asynchronous passing test', async (t) => {
  // This test passes because the Promise returned by the async
  // function is not rejected.
  assert.strictEqual(1, 1);
});

3. Run node --test-only

How often does it reproduce? Is there a required condition?

There are no required conditions. Anytime, I execute the tests using node --test-only it opens REPL.

What is the expected behavior? Why is that the expected behavior?

No response

What do you see instead?

I see the node REPL, instead of test execution.

❯ node --test-only
Welcome to Node.js v20.4.0.
Type ".help" for more information.
> 

Additional information

No response

[cjihrig]

You need to pass --test on the command line. --test-only does not start the test runner.