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Folder Structure

All snapshots are stored on the file system alongside of the corresponding test.

Snapshots folder

Every snapshot is stored in a subfolder, which is named __snapshots__. This folder __snapshots__ is in the same folder as the executing test class and will always be created by the Snapshooter if not exist.

All snapshots are always stored in the folder __snapshots__, which is next to the executing test class.

Example:

MyTestApplication.csproj
│
├── __snapshots__
│   ├── UserServiceTests.GetFirstUserTest.snap
│   ├── UserServiceTests.GetFirstUserTest.snap
│   └── UserServiceTests.FindUserByIdTest.snap
│
└── UserServiceTests.cs

Subfolders

If your test class file is located in a subfolder of your test project, then also the snapshots of this test class are stored within this subfolder.

This ensures, that the snapshots are always alongside of your test.

Example:

Snapshooter.Examples.Xunit.csproj
│
├── 3_SubfolderTests
│   ├── __snapshots__
│   │       └── SubfolderTests.CreatePerson_SnapshotSavedInSubfolder_SuccessfullySaved.snap
│   ├── SubfolderTests.cs
│   └── SubSubfolderTests
│           ├── __snapshots__
│           │       └── SubSubfolderTests.CreatePerson_SnapshotSavedInSubSubfolder_SuccessfullySaved.snap
│           └── SubSubfolderTests.cs
.
.
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Mismatch Folder

If a snapshot already exists in the __snapshots__ folder and the test result of the acutal running test does not match with the stored snapshot, then the new test result will be serialized to a snapshot and saved in the subfolder __mismatch__ within the __snapshots__ folder. Go to Snapshot Mismatch Handling

A mismatching snapshot will be saved in the __snapshots__\__mismatch__ folder.

The __mismatch__ folder will only be created if a snapshot mismatch happened.

The __mismatch__ folder will be deleted every time when the snapshot test runs.

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