Configuration

IntelliPest can be configured through flags to the intellipest command.

--config / -c

Specify the path to the Pest.php configuration file.

Default: tests/Pest.php

./vendor/bin/intellipest --config custom/path/Pest.php

--output / -o

Specify the path to write the generated IDE helper file.

Default: .intellipest/_pest-helper.php

./vendor/bin/intellipest --output custom/path/helper.php

You may also set the output directory via the INTELLIPEST_OUTPUT_DIR environment variable.

--expectation-helpers

Generate additional helper methods for Pest's built-in expectations in the helper file.

./vendor/bin/intellipest --expectation-helpers

Pest exposes many of its expectation methods through @mixin PHPDoc annotations under the hood. If your LSP understands those annotations, such as Intelephense Premium, these generated helper methods are usually unnecessary. If it does not, --expectation-helpers provides explicit helper methods so those expectations still get autocompleted.

--shush / -s

Hide the (beautiful) header and footer in the console output.

./vendor/bin/intellipest --shush

--watch / -w

Watch the Pest.php configuration file and automatically regenerate the helper file when changes are detected. Checks for changes every half second.

./vendor/bin/intellipest --watch

The watch process continues running until manually stopped (Ctrl+C). Syntax errors in the config file are reported but don't stop the watcher.

--quiet / -q

Don't output any console messages (useful for CI).

./vendor/bin/intellipest --quiet