DisableScriptDownloads.md

How to Disable Automatic Script Downloads

Why

ApprovalTests.Java automatically downloads utility scripts from ApprovalTests.CommonScripts to .approval_tests_temp/ when tests run. This may be undesirable in CI/CD environments or restricted network environments.

Solution

Set the environment variable APPROVALTESTS_DISABLE_SCRIPT_DOWNLOADS=1:

export APPROVALTESTS_DISABLE_SCRIPT_DOWNLOADS=1
mvn test

Or as a system property:

mvn test -DAPPROVALTESTS_DISABLE_SCRIPT_DOWNLOADS=1

Log files are still created. Only script downloads are prevented.

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