Add new config prop populateGitInfo, see #34094

packages/playwright/src/common/config.ts

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import os from 'os';
 import type { Config, Fixtures, Project, ReporterDescription } from '../../types/test';
 import type { Location } from '../../types/testReporter';
 import type { TestRunnerPluginRegistration } from '../plugins';
+import { gitCommitInfo } from '../plugins/gitCommitInfoPlugin';
 import { getPackageJsonPath, mergeObjects } from '../util';
 import type { Matcher } from '../util';
 import type { ConfigCLIOverrides } from './ipc';
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ export class FullConfigInternal {
       grepInvert: takeFirst(userConfig.grepInvert, null),
       maxFailures: takeFirst(configCLIOverrides.debug ? 1 : undefined, configCLIOverrides.maxFailures, userConfig.maxFailures, 0),
       metadata: takeFirst(userConfig.metadata, {}),
+      populateGitInfo: takeFirst(userConfig.populateGitInfo, false),
       preserveOutput: takeFirst(userConfig.preserveOutput, 'always'),
       reporter: takeFirst(configCLIOverrides.reporter, resolveReporters(userConfig.reporter, configDir), [[defaultReporter]]),
       reportSlowTests: takeFirst(userConfig.reportSlowTests, { max: 5, threshold: 15000 }),
@@ -134,6 +136,9 @@ export class FullConfigInternal {
       this.webServers = [];
     }
 
+    if (this.config.populateGitInfo)
+      this.plugins.push({ factory: gitCommitInfo });
+
     const projectConfigs = configCLIOverrides.projects || userConfig.projects || [userConfig];
     this.projects = projectConfigs.map(p => new FullProjectInternal(configDir, userConfig, this, p, this.configCLIOverrides, packageJsonDir));
     resolveProjectDependencies(this.projects);

packages/playwright/src/isomorphic/teleReceiver.ts

@@ -596,6 +596,7 @@ export const baseFullConfig: reporterTypes.FullConfig = {
   grepInvert: null,
   maxFailures: 0,
   metadata: {},
+  populateGitInfo: false,
   preserveOutput: 'always',
   projects: [],
   reporter: [[process.env.CI ? 'dot' : 'list']],

packages/playwright/types/test.d.ts

@@ -1293,6 +1293,23 @@ interface TestConfig<TestArgs = {}, WorkerArgs = {}> {
    */
   outputDir?: string;
 
+  /**
+   * Whether to populate [metadata](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-testconfig#test-config-output-metadata) with Git info.
+   *
+   * **Usage**
+   *
+   * ```js
+   * // playwright.config.ts
+   * import { defineConfig } from '@playwright/test';
+   *
+   * export default defineConfig({
+   *   populateGitInfo: !!process.env.CI,
+   * });
+   * ```
+   *
+   */
+  populateGitInfo?: boolean;
+
   /**
    * Whether to preserve test output in the
    * [testConfig.outputDir](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-testconfig#test-config-output-dir). Defaults to
@@ -1796,6 +1813,11 @@ export interface FullConfig<TestArgs = {}, WorkerArgs = {}> {
    */
   metadata: Metadata;
 
+  /**
+   * See [testConfig.populateGitInfo](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-testconfig#test-config-populategitinfo).
+   */
+  populateGitInfo: boolean;
+
   /**
    * See [testConfig.preserveOutput](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-testconfig#test-config-preserve-output).
    */

tests/playwright-test/reporter-html.spec.ts

@@ -1144,14 +1144,12 @@ for (const useIntermediateMergeReport of [true, false] as const) {
     });
 
     test.describe('gitCommitInfo plugin', () => {
-      test('should include metadata', async ({ runInlineTest, writeFiles, showReport, page }) => {
+      test('should include metadata with populateGitInfo = true', async ({ runInlineTest, writeFiles, showReport, page }) => {
         const files = {
           'uncommitted.txt': `uncommitted file`,
           'playwright.config.ts': `
-            import { gitCommitInfo } from 'playwright/lib/plugins';
             import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';
-            const plugins = [gitCommitInfo()];
+            export default { populateGitInfo: true };
-            export default { '@playwright/test': { plugins } };
           `,
           'example.spec.ts': `
             import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';
@@ -1197,6 +1195,25 @@ for (const useIntermediateMergeReport of [true, false] as const) {
         await expect.soft(page.getByTestId('metadata-error')).not.toBeVisible();
       });
 
+      test('should not include metadata with populateGitInfo = false', async ({ runInlineTest, showReport, page }) => {
+        const result = await runInlineTest({
+          'uncommitted.txt': `uncommitted file`,
+          'playwright.config.ts': `
+            export default { populateGitInfo: false };
+          `,
+          'example.spec.ts': `
+            import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';
+            test('my sample test', async ({}) => { expect(2).toBe(2); });
+          `,
+        }, { reporter: 'dot,html' }, { PLAYWRIGHT_HTML_OPEN: 'never' }, undefined);
+
+        await showReport();
+
+        expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
+        await expect.soft(page.locator('text="my sample test"')).toBeVisible();
+        await expect.soft(page.getByTestId('metadata-error')).not.toBeVisible();
+        await expect.soft(page.getByTestId('metadata-chip')).not.toBeVisible();
+      });
 
       test('should use explicitly supplied metadata', async ({ runInlineTest, showReport, page }) => {
         const result = await runInlineTest({