Pulling file list from karma.conf.js

[nathasm]

I've been trying to figure out a way to use my existing karma.conf.js file that already has a list of the test files.

Is there a way to pull the files property from the karma.conf.js file without having to put the file list in my gulp.js file?

[drkibitz]

This is needed as the file list in a karma config supports objects such as {pattern: '*.png', include: false, serve: true}

[shapeshed]

Same.

One workaround is pass a valid glob pattern for a directory that doesn't exist

gulp.task('karma', function () {
  return gulp.src('./idontexist')
    .pipe(karma({
      configFile: 'karma.conf.js',
      action: 'run'
    }));
});

[lazd]

Given the overlap between karma and gulp (watching, file globs), this plugin needs a serious refactoring to be useful. @alexgorbatchev will be looking into this and working on a strategy to go forward with.

[geddski]

@lazd feel free to borrow some of the ideas we did in grunt-karma

[alexgorbatchev]

Comparing the two, they seem to pretty much do the same thing at the moment. I'm not really clear on why karma server is started in a separate node process though. Does anyone have any insights?

[evgenyneu]

Great plugin. It would be nice to keep the list of files by default in karma.conf.js instead of gulpfile.js. Otherwise it is a bit confusing to me.

[lazd]

Finally getting back to addressing these issues, and it's become clear that gulp-karma should not exist.

Please take a look at https://github.com/lazd/gulp-karma/issues/21#issuecomment-40786028 a start at a simple, clean solution that works great with gulp.

[broekema41]

Hello drkibitz and lazd, I was struggling with the fixtures issue mentioned above. As a quick fix I decided to add them to the options object Then included them later in the gulp-karma index.js "endStream" function

Hoping this prevent others searching for a way to include non js files

[lazd]

gulp-karma is deprecated (#43). Please use Karma directly: https://github.com/karma-runner/gulp-karma