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	Path for the license file. Can contain an absolute or a relative path to the config file folder. It may contain environment variables in ...%MYENV%... form. Can be overridden by the --license command line option. See Licensing for details.	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	If set to true, SpecSync will not collect anonymous error diagnostics and statistics. Can be overridden by the --disableStats command line option.	false
outputLevel	Set the detail level of error messages and trace information displayed by the tool. Available options: normal, verbose and debug. Can be overridden by the --verbose command line option.	normal
parentConfig	Path for the parent config file. See Hierarchical configuration files for details.	not specified, the files in the parent folder will be considered
ignoreParentConfig	If set to true, SpecSync will not apply the configuration settings of the config files in the parent folders or the user-specific configuration settings. See Hierarchical configuration files for details.	false
logFile	Path for the log file to be created. Can be overridden by the --log command line option.	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	An array of plugin configurations. See SpecSync Plugins for details.	no plugins
doNotSynchronizeAutomationUnlessEnabled	If set to true, SpecSync will not synchronize the automation-related fields of the Test Case unless the synchronization/automation/enabled is set to true. With this setting, the automation fields can be updated by other tools or set using the Update Test Case fields feature.	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.

Configuration reference

Hierarchical configuration files