Refactoring steps from the CLI?

[EGTomKies]

I was curious, is there still a CLI way to refactor steps? In an earlier version of the documentation there was a --refactor flag, but it doesn't seem to still be available.

If it's actually gone, what's the preferred method of refactoring a step using python?

[EGTomKies]

I pulled the latest getgauge-python and can see there's a refactor.py in there, so it's likely still an option. If someone has a pointer to documentation on usage, that'd be welcome, thanks.

[zabil]

If you use, VS code you can use the gauge vs code plugin https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=getgauge.gauge to refactor.

[EGTomKies]

Fantastic, thank you!

[EGTomKies]

Sorry to be a bit daft, but when I try selecting a step and then "Refactor" from the context menu, it's telling me "No refactorings available".

I'm sure I'm missing something simple. It's version 0.1.0 of the plug in, and I just updated VSCode yesterday to latest

[zabil]

You should place your cursor on the step you want to refactor and then press F2 to rename a function

[EGTomKies]

The problem is that we're not looking to rename the underlying function, but rather the step that is used to call it.

So rather than:

Click the element with automation id: <automation_id>

we might use:

Click the element by automation id <automation_id> to do xyz

From what I understand, the old CLI function would have allowed such a change, but I'm having an issue in sorting out how we'll do it now.