Exclude the --inspect flag

[simov]

PR: nodejs/node#6792
Merged in Node v7.0: https://nodejs.org/download/nightly/v7.0.0-nightly20160619a92089b6bd/
Short article about it: https://medium.com/@paul_irish/debugging-node-js-nightlies-with-chrome-devtools-7c4a1b95ae27#.cs12vrlsa
Usage:

mocha --inspect --debug-brk hello.js

A quick patch release will be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

[boneskull]

Thanks. We can add this in v3.1.0. May need to rebase it onto master after the v3.0.0 branch is merged.

As a workaround until then, you can execute node <flags> /path/to/_mocha -- <mocha-args>

[boneskull]

probably transient CI failures

[SimenB]

Any chance for a release of this? 😄

[fgarcia]

Thanks a lot!!! This feature was the best surprise I got from the latest release!

However I am curious about why --debug-brkis needed. Normally I would just type debugger in some test and wait for the debugger to reach that breakpoint.

If I just use --inspect and a debugger line, Mocha will start the debug server and run all tests without stopping. Currently I must force it to start with a breakpoint, and manually continue to reach the second breakpoint in my code.

[SimenB]

If you don't have --debug-brk you have no attached debugger, so debugger statements do nothing.

I think.

[simov]

--debug-brk stops the node program on the first line

[fgarcia]

@SimenB is right, I've just tested a small node example and --inspect is useless without --debug-brk OR with a debugger attached before reaching the breakpoint.

The current behaviour is the expected one