Add npm run ava command, update instructions, and exclude files from VSCode search

.vscode/settings.json

@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@
     "build": true,
     "lib": true,
   },
+  "search.exclude": {
+    "**/node_modules": true,
+    "build": true,
+    "lib": true,
+  },
   // Installing a new Node package often triggers VS Code's git limit warnings as there is typically
   // an intermediate stage where many files are modified. This setting suppresses these warnings.
   "git.ignoreLimitWarning": true,

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Before you start, ensure that you have a recent version of node (16 or higher) i
 * Transpile the TypeScript to JavaScript: `npm run build`.  Note that the JavaScript files are committed to git.
 * Run tests: `npm run test`.  You’ll need to ensure that the JavaScript files are up-to-date first by running the command above.
 * Run the linter: `npm run lint`.
+* Run tests for a specific path: `npm run ava -- ./src/filename.test.ts` or `npm run ava -- ./src/feature-flags/`
 
 This project also includes configuration to run tests from VSCode (with support for breakpoints) - open the test file you wish to run and choose "Debug AVA test file" from the Run menu in the Run panel.
 

justfile

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ test: build
 
 # Run the tests for a single file
 test_file filename: build
-    npx ava --serial --verbose {{filename}}
+    npm run ava {{filename}}
 
 [doc("Refresh the .js build artefacts in the lib directory")]
 [confirm]

package.json

@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
     "lint": "eslint --report-unused-disable-directives --max-warnings=0 .",
     "lint-ci": "SARIF_ESLINT_IGNORE_SUPPRESSED=true eslint --report-unused-disable-directives --max-warnings=0 . --format @microsoft/eslint-formatter-sarif --output-file=eslint.sarif",
     "lint-fix": "eslint --report-unused-disable-directives --max-warnings=0 . --fix",
-    "test": "npm run transpile && ava src/ --serial --verbose",
+    "ava": "npm run transpile && ava --serial --verbose",
+    "test": "npm run ava -- src/",
     "test-debug": "npm run test -- --timeout=20m",
     "transpile": "tsc --build --verbose"
   },