vitest/prefer-to-be

Require toBe() for primitive literals, and toBeNull(), toBeUndefined(), toBeNaN()

fixable

toEqual() and toStrictEqual() compare objects property by property. For a string, a number or a boolean they do the same check as toBe(), and toBe() tells the reader that one plain value is expected. null, undefined and NaN have matchers that name the value.

WrittenUse instead
toEqual(2), toStrictEqual("config")toBe(2), toBe("config")
toBe(null), toEqual(null)toBeNull()
toBe(undefined), not.toBeDefined()toBeUndefined()
not.toBe(undefined), not.toBeUndefined()toBeDefined()
toBe(NaN), toEqual(NaN)toBeNaN()

--fix rewrites the matcher.

Configure#

Off by default. To turn it on:

bunfig.toml
[lint.rules]
"vitest/prefer-to-be" = "error" # or "warn"

Examples#

example.ts7 problems
import { expect, test } from "vitest";

test("parses the header", () => {
  expect(header.version).toEqual(2);
  expect(header.name).toStrictEqual("config");
  expect(header.parent).toBe(null);
  expect(header.comment).not.toBeDefined();
  expect(header.size).not.toBe(undefined);
  expect(header.date).not.toBeUndefined();
  expect(header.ratio).toEqual(NaN);
});
example.tsNo problems
import { expect, test } from "vitest";

test("parses the header", () => {
  expect(header.version).toBe(2);
  expect(header.name).toBe("config");
  expect(header.parent).toBeNull();
  expect(header.comment).toBeUndefined();
  expect(header.size).toBeDefined();
  expect(header.date).toBeDefined();
  expect(header.ratio).toBeNaN();
});

Only literals count. The rule ignores objects, arrays and variables:

example.tsNo problems
import { expect, test } from "vitest";

test("parses the body", () => {
  expect(body.tags).toEqual(["a", "b"]);
  expect(body.length).toEqual(expectedLength);
});