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xUnit2004 v2 v3 Warning

Do not use equality check to test for boolean conditions

Cause

A violation of this rule occurs when:

Assert.Equal, Assert.NotEqual, Assert.StrictEqual, or Assert.NotStrictEqual is used
The expected value is a true or false literal

Reason for rule

It’s more readable to use Assert.True or Assert.False instead.

How to fix violations

For Equal and StrictEqual

Assert.Equal(true, b) => Assert.True(b)
Assert.StrictEqual(true, b) => Assert.True(b)
Assert.Equal(false, b) => Assert.False(b)
Assert.StrictEqual(false, b) => Assert.False(b)

For NotEqual and NotStrictEqual

Assert.NotEqual(true, b) => Assert.False(b)
Assert.NotStrictEqual(true, b) => Assert.False(b)
Assert.NotEqual(false, b) => Assert.True(b)
Assert.NotStrictEqual(false, b) => Assert.True(b)

Examples

Violates

using Xunit;

public class xUnit2004
{
    [Fact]
    public void TestMethod()
    {
        var result = 2 + 2;

        Assert.Equal(true, result > 3);
    }
}

Does not violate

using Xunit;

public class xUnit2004
{
    [Fact]
    public void TestMethod()
    {
        var result = 2 + 2;

        Assert.True(result > 3);
    }
}