Compare-MtTestResult

SYNOPSIS

Compares Maester test result JSON files

SYNTAX

Files

Compare-MtTestResult [-PriorTest] <Object> [-NewTest] <Object> [-ProgressAction <ActionPreference>]
 [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

Will compare the most recent two test result JSON outputs from prior Invoke-Maester runs, or will accept any two test result JSON files and provide the tests that have changed.

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLE 1

Compare-MtTestResult -BaseDir .\test-results

EXAMPLE 2

$tests = @{
    NewTest   = (Get-Content .\test-results\TestResults-2024-05-21-182925.json | ConvertFrom-Json)
PriorTest = (Get-Content .\test-results\TestResults-2024-05-20-182925.json | ConvertFrom-Json)
}
Compare-MtTestResult @tests

PARAMETERS

-BaseDir

Path to folder where test results are located. The two newest results will be compared.

Type: Object
Parameter Sets: Directory
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-PriorTest

Path to the previous test result JSON-file to be used as a reference.

Type: Object
Parameter Sets: Files
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-NewTest

Path to the newer test result JSON-file to be used as the current result.

Type: Object
Parameter Sets: Files
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 2
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ProgressAction

Determines how PowerShell responds to progress updates generated by a script, cmdlet, or provider, such as the progress bars generated by Write-Progress.

Type: ActionPreference
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: proga

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

INPUTS

OUTPUTS

NOTES

https://maester.dev/docs/commands/Compare-MtTestResult