From dadd8a8546ecad8230f9245e49b394e22627cbbb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Alex A. Naanou" <alex.nanou@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2026 15:55:25 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] now setups, modifiers, tests and cases starting with '_' will
 not be run...

Signed-off-by: Alex A. Naanou <alex.nanou@gmail.com>
---
 package.json |  2 +-
 test.js      | 26 +++++++++++++++++---------
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a1178aa..ba2010b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ig-test",
-  "version": "1.6.5",
+  "version": "1.6.6",
   "description": "experimental test runner....",
   "main": "test.js",
   "bin": {
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index e3f6db1..af91df6 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -488,15 +488,17 @@ function(spec, chain, mod_chain_length=1){
 		object.deepKeys(tests)
 			.filter(function(t, i, l){
 				return typeof(tests[t]) == 'function'
-						// skip blank tests if we have other tests unless 
-						// explicitly specified...
-						&& ((t == '-' 
-								&& chain.test != t 
-								&& l.length > 1) ?
-							false
-							: (chain == '**'
-								|| chain.test == '*' 
-								|| chain.test == t) ) })
+					// skip methods starting with '_'...
+					&& t[0] != '_'
+					// skip blank tests if we have other tests unless 
+					// explicitly specified...
+					&& ((t == '-' 
+							&& chain.test != t 
+							&& l.length > 1) ?
+						false
+						: (chain == '**'
+							|| chain.test == '*' 
+							|| chain.test == t) ) })
 	var mod_queue = []
 	if(mod_chain_length > 0){
 		if(chain.mod instanceof Array){
@@ -505,6 +507,8 @@ function(spec, chain, mod_chain_length=1){
 			mod_queue = object.deepKeys(modifiers)
 				.filter(function(m){
 					return typeof(modifiers[m]) == 'function'
+						// skip methods starting with '_'...
+						&& t[0] != '_'
 						&& (chain == '**'
 							|| chain.mod == '*' 
 							|| chain.mod == m) })
@@ -523,6 +527,8 @@ function(spec, chain, mod_chain_length=1){
 	var setup_queue = object.deepKeys(setups) 
 		.filter(function(s){
 			return typeof(setups[s]) == 'function'
+				// skip methods starting with '_'...
+				&& t[0] != '_'
 				&& (chain == '**'
 					|| chain.setup == '*' 
 					|| chain.setup == s) })
@@ -549,6 +555,8 @@ function(spec, chain, mod_chain_length=1){
 			Object.keys(cases)
 				.filter(function(s){
 					return typeof(cases[s]) == 'function'
+						// skip methods starting with '_'...
+						&& t[0] != '_'
 						&& (chain == '**'
 							|| chain.setup == '*' 
 							|| chain.setup == s) })