How can I pass test-options with cabal new-test?

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In the old cabal, you could pass test options like --color and --match=name by doing cabal test --test-option=--color --test-option=--match=name. Can this be done with cabal new-test? I don't see a --test-option in the help output of cabal new-test --help.

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 13 '18 at 08:14

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No, it is not possible, presumably because new-test runs all test suites, so it is unclear which test to pass it to.

But new versions of cabal tell you in the help for new-test:

To pass command-line arguments to a test suite, see the new-run command.

so that is now the way to run a single test suite with options.

answered Oct 13 '18 at 08:14

Joachim Breitner

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Although there is a [pull request](https://github.com/haskell/cabal/pull/5455) that wants to fix this. – Joachim Breitner Oct 13 '18 at 08:15

How can I pass test-options with cabal new-test?

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