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holgerk/pest-plugin-equal-golden
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Provides a toEqualGolden assertion, same as toEqual, but when null is given as argument, the test file is automatically edited and null is substituted with the actual value

v1.0.1(2y ago)12MITPHPPHP ^8.2

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Golden Testing for [Pest](https://pestphp.com)
==============================================

[](#golden-testing-for-pest)

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Provides a `toEqualGolden` assertion, same as `toEqual`, but when `null` is given as argument, the test file is automatically edited and `null` is substituted with the actual value.

So, if you add:

```
expect(['color' => 'golden'])
    ->toEqualGolden(null);
```

...to your test and execute it. The `null` expression is replaced by the actual value:

```
expect(['color' => 'golden'])
    ->toEqualGolden(['color' => 'golden']);
```

In principle, it's about saving oneself the recurring work of writing, updating and copying an expectation.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

You can install the package via composer:

```
composer require holgerk/pest-plugin-equal-golden --dev
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Just pass `null` to the `toEqualGolden` expectation and `null` will be automatically replaced during the first test run.

```
expect($actual)->toEqualGolden(null);
```

Later you can edit the expectation by hand or insert `null` again to have it automatically replaced.
If you want to regenerate all expectations at once you can add the argument: `--update-golden` to your pest invocation.

```
# regenerate all expectations at once from their actual values
./vendor/bin/pest --update-golden
```

Changelog
---------

[](#changelog)

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information on what has changed recently.

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.

See Also
--------

[](#see-also)

- [pest-plugin-snapshots](https://github.com/spatie/pest-plugin-snapshots)
    This plugin also facilitates the automatic generation of expectations from the actual value, but it will store the generated expectation in separate files.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Nuno Maduro](https://github.com/nunomaduro)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

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**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~4 days

Total

3

Last Release

763d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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