karma-autowatch-problem-example

This project was created to simulate a problem with karma autowatch and glob matchers

The problem

When we configure karma.conf.js with something like src/app/**/*.js the autowatch stop reporting the correct results.

steps to reproduce the problem

1. karma start
2. Verify that you see the Executed 1 of 1 SUCCESS message
3. Go to registration.component.spec.js
4. On line 25 change ctrl.createAccount() to ctrl.createAccount2()
5. You should see a failing test message in the karma report, but you see the same SUCCESS message from before

It is solved when you change the glob matcher

I managed to find out that it's got to do with the glob selector in the files configuration in karma.conf.js.

1. Go to karma.conf.js,
2. Comment line 12 where it says 'src/app/**/*.js'
3. Uncomment line 13 where it says 'src/app/**/*.{component,service}.js'
4. You should now see the autoWatch works correctly

Bottom line

Something with 'src/app/**/*.js' breaks the autoWatch behavior