feat: find nyc even if installed higher up (cypress-io#153)

* use latest orb

* use fixed orb

* use custom command

* do not need local deps

* update before each example

* add readme note

Author: bahmutov

.circleci/config.yml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # https://circleci.com/docs/2.0/configuration-reference/
 version: 2.1
 orbs:
-  cypress: cypress-io/cypress@1.13.0 # used to run e2e tests
+  cypress: cypress-io/cypress@1.17.1 # used to run e2e tests
   node: circleci/[email protected] # used to publish new NPM version
 
 jobs:
@@ -22,10 +22,13 @@ workflows:
       - cypress/install:
           post-steps:
             - run: npm run check:markdown
+
       - cypress/run:
           name: frontend coverage
           requires:
             - cypress/install
+          # grab the workspace created by cypress/install job
+          attach-workspace: true
           # we need to start the web application
           start: npm start
           # there are no jobs to follow this one
@@ -50,6 +53,9 @@ workflows:
           requires:
             - cypress/install
 
+          # grab the workspace created by cypress/install job
+          attach-workspace: true
+
           start: npm run start:test:backend
           command: npx cypress run --config-file cypress-backend.json
 
@@ -69,16 +75,14 @@ workflows:
             - run: npx nyc report --check-coverage true --lines 100 --include test-backend/index.js
 
       - cypress/run:
+          attach-workspace: true
           name: example-before-each-visit
           requires:
             - cypress/install
-          # install dependencies in the root folder
-          post-install:
-            - run: npm ci
           # there are no jobs to follow this one
           # so no need to save the workspace files (saves time)
           no-workspace: true
-          working_directory: examples/before-each-visit
+          command: npx cypress run --project examples/before-each-visit
           # store screenshots and videos
           store_artifacts: true
           post-steps:
@@ -94,16 +98,14 @@ workflows:
                 working_directory: examples/before-each-visit
 
       - cypress/run:
+          attach-workspace: true
           name: example-before-all-visit
           requires:
             - cypress/install
-          # install dependencies in the root folder
-          post-install:
-            - run: npm ci
           # there are no jobs to follow this one
           # so no need to save the workspace files (saves time)
           no-workspace: true
-          working_directory: examples/before-all-visit
+          command: npx cypress run --project examples/before-all-visit
           # store screenshots and videos
           store_artifacts: true
           post-steps:

.gitignore

@@ -7,3 +7,5 @@ dist/
 .cache/
 .vscode/
 cypress-coverage/
+examples/*/cypress/videos
+examples/*/cypress/screenshots

README.md

@@ -181,9 +181,20 @@ You can specify custom coverage reporter(s) to use. For example to output text s
 
 **Tip:** find list of reporters [here](https://istanbul.js.org/docs/advanced/alternative-reporters/)
 
+## NYC
+
+This module tries to find the `nyc` tool using [bin-up][bin-up], so it would be found in the current `node_modules/.bin` or folders up the parent chain
+
+```text
+node_modules/.bin/
+../node_modules/.bin/
+../../node_modules/.bin/
+etc
+```
+
 ## Custom NYC command
 
-Sometimes NYC tool might be installed in a different folder, or you might want to customize the report command. In that case, put the custom command into `package.json` in the current folder and this plugin will automatically use it.
+Sometimes NYC tool might be installed in a different folder not in the current or parent folder, or you might want to customize the report command. In that case, put the custom command into `package.json` in the current folder and this plugin will automatically use it.
 
 ```json
 {
@@ -209,7 +220,7 @@ The simplest solution: let `npx` install `nyc` on the fly
 
 ### Find NYC in a parent folder
 
-If you have [bin-up](https://github.com/bahmutov/bin-up) installed globally, you can use it to find `nyc` installed somewhere in the higher folder.
+If you have [bin-up][bin-up] installed globally, you can use it to find `nyc` installed somewhere in the higher folder.
 
 ```json
 {
@@ -381,3 +392,4 @@ This project is licensed under the terms of the [MIT license](LICENSE.md).
 
 [renovate-badge]: https://img.shields.io/badge/renovate-app-blue.svg
 [renovate-app]: https://renovateapp.com/
+[bin-up]: https://github.com/bahmutov/bin-up