Always use verbose reporter

Author: novemberborn

docs/05-command-line.md

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Options:
   --timeout, -T           Set global timeout (milliseconds or human-readable,
                           e.g. 10s, 2m)                                 [string]
   --update-snapshots, -u  Update snapshots                             [boolean]
-  --verbose, -v           Enable verbose output                        [boolean]
+  --verbose, -v           Enable verbose output (no-op in AVA 4)       [boolean]
   --watch, -w             Re-run tests when files change               [boolean]
 
 Examples:
@@ -224,14 +224,16 @@ This deletes all files in the `node_modules/.cache/ava` directory.
 
 ## Reporters
 
-By default AVA uses a minimal reporter:
+AVA 4 uses a human readable reporter:
+
+<img src="../media/verbose-reporter.png" width="294">
+
+AVA 3 defaults to a less verbose reporter:
 
 <img src="../media/mini-reporter.gif" width="460">
 
 Use the `--verbose` flag to enable the verbose reporter. This is always used in CI environments unless the [TAP reporter](#tap-reporter) is enabled.
 
-<img src="../media/verbose-reporter.png" width="294">
-
 ### TAP reporter
 
 AVA supports the TAP format and thus is compatible with [any TAP reporter](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome-tap#reporters). Use the `--tap` flag to enable TAP output.

docs/06-configuration.md

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Arguments passed to the CLI will always take precedence over the CLI options con
 - `failWithoutAssertions`: if `false`, does not fail a test if it doesn't run [assertions](./03-assertions.md)
 - `environmentVariables`: specifies environment variables to be made available to the tests. The environment variables defined here override the ones from `process.env`
 - `tap`: if `true`, enables the [TAP reporter](./05-command-line.md#tap-reporter)
-- `verbose`: if `true`, enables verbose output
+- `verbose`: if `true`, enables verbose output (no-op in AVA 4)
 - `snapshotDir`: specifies a fixed location for storing snapshot files. Use this if your snapshots are ending up in the wrong location
 - `extensions`: extensions of test files. Setting this overrides the default `["cjs", "mjs", "js"]` value, so make sure to include those extensions in the list. [Experimentally you can configure how files are loaded](#configuring-module-formats)
 - `require`: extra modules to require before tests are run. Modules are required in the [worker processes](./01-writing-tests.md#process-isolation)

lib/cli.js

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ const FLAGS = {
 	verbose: {
 		alias: 'v',
 		coerce: coerceLastValue,
-		description: 'Enable verbose output',
+		description: 'Enable verbose output (no-op)',
 		type: 'boolean'
 	},
 	watch: {
@@ -432,8 +432,7 @@ export default async () => { // eslint-disable-line complexity
 		projectDir,
 		reportStream: process.stdout,
 		stdStream: process.stderr,
-		watching: combined.watch,
-		verbose: debug !== null || combined.verbose || isCi || !process.stdout.isTTY
+		watching: combined.watch
 	});
 
 	api.on('run', plan => {