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authorWinnie Hellmann <winnie@gitlab.com>2018-07-09 14:53:33 +0000
committerWinnie Hellmann <winnie@gitlab.com>2018-07-09 14:53:33 +0000
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Further documentation on the babel rewire pluign API can be found on
[its repository Readme doc](https://github.com/speedskater/babel-plugin-rewire#babel-plugin-rewire).
+#### Waiting in tests
+
+If you cannot avoid using [`setTimeout`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WindowOrWorkerGlobalScope/setTimeout) in tests, please use the [Jasmine mock clock](https://jasmine.github.io/api/2.9/Clock.html).
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### Vue.js unit tests
See this [section][vue-test].