Feature: New Option to save current snapshots in a separate folder

[espipj]

When running the tests I would like jest-image-snapshot three different folders:

• reference: the reference snapshots (these would be there already)
• current: the current screenshots/snapshots as they are in the current app
• diff: if there are differencies the diff image I think this might be related to #252 I am happy to contribute to this, I might need some help/guidance though 😃

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[JochenDiekenbrock]

I also have a need for this feature. The snapshots in the CI pipeline are always slightly different from snapshots I take on a local system. To update the snapshots now, I have to rename the snapshot, download the new snapshot file from CI, update the snapshot locally in git and start the CI pipeline again. It would be soo helpful, if the current screenshots were just available in a separate folder

[Etienne-M]

I would also need a feature like this. I love the tool, but it makes deliberate breaking change painful to update. You have to run the tests, see that some snapshots are wrong, look at the diff, realize the change is intended, delete the snapshot and run the tests again. For a small codebase, it might be feasible to know ahead of time which snapshots will fail and which will succeed. But as the codebase grows larger, you will inevitably forget some and have to run the tests twice.

EDIT: I want to add, if those tests are integrated into a CI pipeline (as they should), this can make a seemingly small change be very long to get through the development loop.

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