how do you ignore non-test files with ava?

Question

Can I ignore a setup or support folder so that ava doesn't try to run the files inside?

I have some common utility files used for mocking that should logically live inside the test/ folder alongside tests but I don't want to run them as tests.

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Answer 1

To ignore files prefix them with an underscore _ or an exclamation mark !

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In ava's documentation for configuration under the files bulletpoint it states:

Files with an underscore prefix are ignored

And the documentation at the top also explicitly states:

To ignore files, prefix the pattern with an ! (exclamation mark).

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Answer 2

Yes, see the files examples in https://github.com/avajs/ava/blob/master/docs/06-configuration.md. If you prefix a pattern with ! then any matching files will not be considered to be test files.

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