Verify Options
September 13, 2025 ยท View on GitHub
OnHandlers
OnVerifytakes two actions that are called before and after each verification.OnFirstVerifyis called when there is no verified file.OnVerifyMismatchis called when a received file does not match the existing verified file.
AutoVerify
OnHandlers are called before AutoVerify logic being applied. So for example in the case of OnVerifyMismatch, both the received and verified file will exist at the point OnVerifyMismatch is called. Immediately after received will be used to overwrite verified.
Globally
public static class ModuleInitializer
{
[ModuleInitializer]
public static void Init()
{
VerifierSettings.OnVerify(
before: () => Debug.WriteLine("before"),
after: () => Debug.WriteLine("after"));
VerifierSettings.OnFirstVerify(
(receivedFile, receivedText, autoVerify) =>
{
Debug.WriteLine(receivedFile);
Debug.WriteLine(receivedText);
return Task.CompletedTask;
});
VerifierSettings.OnVerifyMismatch(
(filePair, message, autoVerify) =>
{
Debug.WriteLine(filePair.ReceivedPath);
Debug.WriteLine(filePair.VerifiedPath);
Debug.WriteLine(message);
return Task.CompletedTask;
});
}
}
Instance
[Fact]
public Task OnCallbacks()
{
var settings = new VerifySettings();
settings.OnVerify(
before: () => Debug.WriteLine("before"),
after: () => Debug.WriteLine("after"));
settings.OnFirstVerify(
(receivedFile, receivedText, autoVerify) =>
{
Debug.WriteLine(receivedFile);
Debug.WriteLine(receivedText);
return Task.CompletedTask;
});
settings.OnVerifyMismatch(
(filePair, message, autoVerify) =>
{
Debug.WriteLine(filePair.ReceivedPath);
Debug.WriteLine(filePair.VerifiedPath);
Debug.WriteLine(message);
return Task.CompletedTask;
});
return Verify("value", settings);
}
Fluent
[Fact]
public Task OnFluentCallbacks() =>
Verify("value")
.OnVerify(
before: () => Debug.WriteLine("before"),
after: () => Debug.WriteLine("after"))
.OnFirstVerify(
(receivedFile, receivedText, autoVerify) =>
{
Debug.WriteLine(receivedFile);
Debug.WriteLine(receivedText);
return Task.CompletedTask;
})
.OnVerifyMismatch(
(filePair, message, autoVerify) =>
{
Debug.WriteLine(filePair.ReceivedPath);
Debug.WriteLine(filePair.VerifiedPath);
Debug.WriteLine(message);
return Task.CompletedTask;
});
OmitContentFromException
By default, when a verify mismatch occurs for text, the content of the received and verified files is included in the exception that is thrown. This results in that text being included in test runners and build output. To omit the content use VerifierSettings.OmitContentFromException.
DisableDiff
To disable diff launching:
var settings = new VerifySettings();
settings.DisableDiff();