I am using Karma to test my JavaScript and get coverage reports. I am using the Istanbul coverage report, which is the default. Here is my preprocessors parameter:

    preprocessors: {
        'framework/**/*.js':'coverage',            
        'framework/*.js':'coverage',
        '!framework/node/**/*.js':'coverage',         
        '!framework/test/**/*.js':'coverage',                                 
        'framework-lib/**/*.js':'coverage',
        '!framework-lib/tool-data-api/tool-data-api.js':'coverage'
    }

As you can see, I am trying to use the "!" as a negate mand, which usually works with Node. However, it is not working here and none of my directories are being excluded.

Is there any way to do what I am trying to acplish?

I am using Karma to test my JavaScript and get coverage reports. I am using the Istanbul coverage report, which is the default. Here is my preprocessors parameter:

    preprocessors: {
        'framework/**/*.js':'coverage',            
        'framework/*.js':'coverage',
        '!framework/node/**/*.js':'coverage',         
        '!framework/test/**/*.js':'coverage',                                 
        'framework-lib/**/*.js':'coverage',
        '!framework-lib/tool-data-api/tool-data-api.js':'coverage'
    }

As you can see, I am trying to use the "!" as a negate mand, which usually works with Node. However, it is not working here and none of my directories are being excluded.

Is there any way to do what I am trying to acplish?

• javascript
• node.js
• karma-runner
• istanbul
• minmatch

• Just do not write the patterns/files you do not want to be covered. Or in case you need to preprocess them, just not write coverage as preprocessor in the list (for each file you can either specify a string or a list of strings). – MarcoL Commented Mar 20, 2014 at 10:52
• If you want to use the ! to exclude paths it won't work: see this issue: github./karma-runner/karma/issues/440 – MarcoL Commented Mar 31, 2014 at 8:37

5 Answers 5

According to https://karma-runner.github.io/0.12/config/configuration-file.html:

**/*.js: All files with a "js" extension in all subdirectories
**/!(jquery).js: Same as previous, but excludes "jquery.js"
**/(foo|bar).js: In all subdirectories, all "foo.js" or "bar.js" files

So, based on this, I tried the following:

preprocessors: {
    'framework/**/!(node|test)/*.js': 'coverage',
    'framework-lib/**/!(tool-data-api).js': 'coverage'
}

Which seems to have acplished what you are looking for.

As a note to others who e here looking for how to target all files EXCEPT .spec.js files, try:

'**/!(*spec).js'

Which seems to work for me.

In the Karma used minimatch.js lib for mathing files. So you need rewrite you rules. For instance to exclude folder node node it should has

preprocessors: {
        'framework/*[!node]/*.js':'coverage',            
    }

I'm not sure if you are running "istanbul cover ..." to run your coverage report, but if you are, you can use the -x flag to exclude files/patterns. Typing in "istanbul help cover" will show you usage including this.

 -x <exclude-pattern> [-x <exclude-pattern>]
              one or more fileset patterns e.g. "**/vendor/**"

Make sure that the directories / file you want to exclude are not loaded by any other include. for example, 'framework//.js':'coverage' will load files you are trying to exclude in '!framework/node//.js':'coverage'

you can modify in angular.json under test->options

"codeCoverageExclude": ["src/testing/**/*"]