Add "overwrite" Option to cy.screenshot()

[einfallstoll]

cy.screenshot() should add an option overwrite to overwrite existing screenshots.

[jennifer-shehane]

Currently the screenshots append a number at the end of each screenshot taken within the same test.

• test name.png
• test name (1).png
• test name (2).png

This change would overwrite any screenshot with the same test name.

You could write this logic yourself as a workaround using the after:screenshot event documented here: https://on.cypress.io/after-screenshot-api

[EmaSuriano]

Hello, came up with a simple snippet that might help more people looking at the same problem.

// cypress/plugins/index.js
const { renameSync } = require('fs');

module.exports = (on, config) => {
  on('after:screenshot', ({ path }) => {
    renameSync(path, path.replace(/ \(\d*\)/i, ''));
  });

  return config;
};

It uses a regex that will remove any (number) from the name of the images, making them work as singletons 👍

[kinoli]

This issue is also happening when my app downloads a file. The files never get removed from the downloads folder. Currently my cypress downloads folder has 60 files in it. Would love to see this fixed.