toolSettings

This configuration section contains settings for the synchronization tool.

The following example shows the available options within this section.

{
  ...
  "toolSettings": {
    "licensePath": "specsync.lic",
    "disableStats": false,
    "outputLevel": "normal",
    "parentConfig": "specsync-common.json",
    "ignoreParentConfig": false
  }, 
  ...
}

Settings

Setting
Description
Default

licensePath

specsync.lic

evaluationMode

If set to true, SpecSync will not fail when the license scenario limit is reached but completes the synchronization up to the limit.

false

disableStats

false

outputLevel

normal

parentConfig

not specified, the files in the parent folder will be considered

ignoreParentConfig

false

logFile

no log file

allowDownloadingThirdPartyPlugins

If set to true, SpecSync is allowed to download plugin packages created by 3rd parties from nuget.org or the specified package source.

false

pluginCacheFolder

Custom plugin cache folder to be used by SpecSync to download plugin packages.

plugins stored in the SpecSync app data folder

disablePluginCache

If set to true, SpecSync will always download or extract the plugin package even if the same plugin package version has been used already. This is useful for testing plugins.

false

plugins

no plugins

forceProcessingRemovalsOnFilter

If set to true, SpecSync will process removed local test cases (ie. add tag and remove from remote scope), even if the synchronization is filtered.

false

Plugin configuration

These settings can be used in the toolSettings/plugins array. See SpecSync Plugins for details.

Setting
Description
Default

packageId

The ID of the plugin package (NuGet)

either this or assemblyPath is mandatory

packageVersion

The full version of the plugin package

mandatory, if packageId is specified

packageSource

he package source (NuGet v3 feed or local folder) to be used to download the plugin package.

uses nuget.org feed

assemblyPath

The path for the SpecSync plugin assembly (dll file) when the plugin is not loaded from NuGet package

either this or packageId is mandatory

parameters

Optional parameters for the plugin in key-value pairs. Please contact the maintainer of the plugin for the specific values.

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