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mocha

11.2.2

Comparision Betweeen 11.2.2 and 11.2.1

Identify the differences between the current version of the package and the previous one.

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2.04 MB

Version 11.2.2 Details

Mocha 11.2.2 is a minor release offering incremental improvements over version 11.2.1. Both versions maintain the core functionality as a flexible and fun JavaScript test framework suitable for Node.js and browser environments. They share the same core dependencies like he, ms, diff, glob, debug, and yargs, crucial for HTML entity encoding, time conversion, text difference analysis, file matching, debugging, and command-line argument parsing, respectively.

The primary difference lies in the updated chokidar dependency, which jumps from version 3.5.3 in 11.2.1 to version 4.0.1 in 11.2.2. This upgrade in chokidar brings potential improvements and bug fixes related to file system watching capabilities, crucial for automatically re-running tests on file changes during development. Developers leveraging Mocha's watch mode should benefit from the updated chokidar with more reliable and efficient file monitoring.

The dist object also shows a subtle change with unpackedSize increasing from 2137703 to 2138785 bytes, suggesting small code adjustments or dependency tweaks beyond the chokidar update. Both versions boast an extensive suite of development dependencies covering linting (eslint), testing (chai, sinon, unexpected), code coverage (nyc), documentation (jsdoc), and build tooling (rollup, webpack). These tools enable developers to contribute to Mocha and ensure code quality. For developers, 11.2.2 presents a stable upgrade path from and earlier versions, particularly if relying on file watching functionality, with minimum risk of breaking changes while potentially benefitting from underlying improvements in dependency management.

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