vitest/docs/config/exclude.md

title
exclude | Config

exclude

• Type: string[]
• Default: ['**/node_modules/**', '**/.git/**']
• CLI: vitest --exclude "**/excluded-file" --exclude "*/other-files/*.js"

A list of glob patterns that should be excluded from your test files. These patterns are resolved relative to the root (process.cwd() by default).

Vitest uses the tinyglobby package to resolve the globs.

::: warning This option does not affect coverage. If you need to remove certain files from the coverage report, use coverage.exclude.

This is the only option that doesn't override your configuration if you provide it with a CLI flag. All glob patterns added via --exclude flag will be added to the config's exclude. :::

Example

import { defineConfig } from 'vitest/config'

export default defineConfig({
  test: {
    exclude: [
      '**/node_modules/**',
      '**/dist/**',
      './temp/**',
    ],
  },
})

::: tip Although the CLI exclude option is additive, manually setting exclude in your config will replace the default value. To extend the default exclude patterns, use configDefaults from vitest/config:

import { configDefaults, defineConfig } from 'vitest/config'

export default defineConfig({
  test: {
    exclude: [
      ...configDefaults.exclude,
      'packages/template/*',
      './temp/**',
    ],
  },
})

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