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BeforeDiscovery

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SYNOPSIS​

Runs setup code that is used during Discovery phase.

SYNTAX​

BeforeDiscovery [-ScriptBlock] <scriptblock>

DESCRIPTION​

Runs your code as is, in the place where this function is defined. This is a semantic block to allow you to be explicit about code that you need to run during Discovery, instead of just putting code directly inside of Describe / Context.

EXAMPLES​

EXAMPLE 1​

BeforeDiscovery {
    $files = Get-ChildItem -Path $PSScriptRoot -Filter '*.ps1' -Recurse
}

Describe "File - <_>" -ForEach $files {
    Context "Whitespace" {
        It "There is no extra whitespace following a line" {
            # ...
        }

        It "File ends with an empty line" {
            # ...
        }
    }
}

BeforeDiscovery is used to gather a list of script-files during Discovery-phase to dynamically create a Describe-block and tests for each file found.

PARAMETERS​

-ScriptBlock​

The ScriptBlock to run.

Type: System.Management.Automation.ScriptBlock
DefaultValue: ''
SupportsWildcards: false
Aliases: []
ParameterSets:
- Name: (All)
  Position: 0
  IsRequired: true
  ValueFromPipeline: false
  ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName: false
  ValueFromRemainingArguments: false
DontShow: false
AcceptedValues: []
HelpMessage: ''

CommonParameters​

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutBuffer, -OutVariable, -PipelineVariable, -ProgressAction, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

INPUTS​

OUTPUTS​

NOTES​

VERSION​

This page was generated using comment-based help in Pester 6.0.0.