# Usage

`approvals testName [options]`

| Arg                       | Description                                                                                                                                                                     |
| ------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| \*\*[-f                   | --forceapproveall]\*\*                                                                                                                                                          | Skip the approve step and apply the results to the .approved.txt file (good for a first time run) |
| **[--reporter difftool]** | supports multiple EX: `--reporter opendiff --reporter gitdiff`                                                                                                                  |
| **[--outdir]**            | dir to place approval file - defaults to current directory                                                                                                                      |
| **[--verbose]**           | extra debug info                                                                                                                                                                |
| **TODO:**                 | We need to extend the supported args to include other approval options. (file an [issue](https://github.com/approvals/Approvals.NodeJS/issues) if you need one that's not here) |

# Examples

## Simple hello world

```
echo 'Hello World!' | approvals helloWorldTest
```

## Specify diff reporter (great for C.I.)

```
echo 'Hello World!' | approvals helloWorldTest --reporter gitdiff
```

## Multiple diff reporters

```
echo 'Hello World!' | approvals helloWorldTest --reporter gitdiff --reporter p4merge
```