Can we add more context information to the OnVerify?

[Sjoerdsjoerd]

Hello Simon,

I appreciate your work on VerifyTests and am interested in developing a new plugin to help remove files that are no longer required.

However, I have encountered a limitation: the OnVerify method currently does not provide sufficient context, particularly with regard to the filenames involved.
Would it be possible to include additional context, such as the relevant filenames, in the OnVerify method?

Thank you for considering this suggestion.

[SimonCropp]

developing a new plugin to help remove files that are no longer required.

how would this work?

[Sjoerdsjoerd]

I will retrieve all the verify files from the directory. While verify is running, I will remove any files from the list that are being used. After the verification process is complete, I will delete files that are not referenced during testing, excluding the mismatch files.

What do you think of this approach?

[SimonCropp]

what happens if someone only runs one test?

[Sjoerdsjoerd]

Fair point, I think the simplest solution is to have a minimal amount of test that needs to be run.
The best solution is to hook into the testing frameworks and see if they are running all tests or just a few.

I think that I just want to create a POC and see if there are any other challenges along the way, but I still need hooks to know which files are used and which aren't.

Out of curiosity, what do you do with your renamed tests or deleted tests verify files?
Do you rerun all your test in auto-verify mode and then see the git deleted changes? That is what we are currently doing.

[SimonCropp]

happy to consider a pull request