`no-restricted-patterns`

Bans wording you do not want in your feature files.

What it does

Some words creep into feature files and make them worse: leftover debugging steps, or vague verbs like "verify" that hide what is really being checked. List them here and they will be caught. Matching ignores upper and lower case.

Turning it on

Add this to your .gurkencheckrc:

{
  "no-restricted-patterns": ["on", {
    "Global": ["^prints the last response"],
    "Feature": ["verify", "validate"]
  }]
}

Settings

Setting	Value	If you leave it out	What it does
`Global`	list of regular expressions	`empty list`	Applied everywhere, on top of the lists below.
`Feature`	list of regular expressions	`empty list`	Applied to the Feature name and description.
`Rule`	list of regular expressions	`empty list`	Applied to a Rule name and description.
`Background`	list of regular expressions	`empty list`	Applied to a Background description and its steps.
`Scenario`	list of regular expressions	`empty list`	Applied to a Scenario name, description and steps.
`ScenarioOutline`	list of regular expressions	`empty list`	Applied to a Scenario Outline name, description and steps.

Examples

Passes

Feature: Logging in

  Scenario: A known user logs in
    Given I am a known user
    When I log in
    Then I see my dashboard

Fails

Feature: Verify logging in

  Scenario: A known user logs in
    Given I am a known user
    When I log in
    Then prints the last response

gurkencheck reports: Feature name: "Verify logging in" matches restricted pattern "/verify/i"