Swiss knife in pocket of every upgrade architect!
composer require behastan/behastan --devSome definitions have very similar masks, but even identical contents. Better use a one definitions with exact mask, to make your tests more precise and easier to maintain:
vendor/bin/behastan duplicated-definitions testsBehat uses @When(), @Then() and @Given() annotations and their PHP 8 attribute alternatives to define method to be called in *.feature files. Sometimes test change and lines from *.feature files are deleted. But what about definitions?
This command helps you to spot definitions that are no longer needed. Just provide test directory (1 or more) and let it statically compare defined and used masks:
vendor/bin/behastan unused-definitions tests↓
Checking static, named and regex masks from 100 *Feature files
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Found 1036 masks:
* 747 exact
* 106 /regex/
* 181 :named
1036/1036 [▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓] 100%
the product price is :value
tests/Behat/ProductContext.php
/^I submit order form and see payment page$/
tests/Behat/OrderContext.php
[ERROR] Found 2 unused definitionsYou can also add this command to CI, to get instant feedback about unused definitions.
That's it!
Happy coding!