Mocha aliased via npm test fails to glob all files

[OliverJAsh]

In the example enclosed, I have this tree:

.
├── package.json
└── test
    ├── foo.js
    └── lib
        └── bar.js

2 directories, 3 files

Setup:

npm install

Run the tests:

./node_modules/.bin/mocha --reporter spec test/**/*.js

Both test/foo.js and test/lib/bar.js are ran. Now run the tests via the same command, but aliased using npm:

npm test

Only test/lib/bar.js is ran. The glob fails to detect test/foo.js, despite it being the same command.

Example: http://cl.ly/0M130n2u1t40

[mrjoelkemp]

Hey @OliverJAsh! The command should be mocha --reporter spec 'test/**/*.js'. Note the wrapping of the blog in quotes. If you don't do that, then it'll get evaluated at the shell level first (which yields the unexpected behavior). The shell globbing that works is mocha --reporter spec test/**.js.

[thalesfsp]

@mrjoelkemp Where it is mentioned in the Mocha docs?

[mrjoelkemp]

@thalesfsp no idea anymore. This discussion happened ages ago; I'm sure the docs have changed a lot by now :)