Make hidden tags behave identically (#1847)

Add both `[.]` and `[!hide]` tags when registering a hidden test case, as per documentation. Co-authored-by: Martin Hořeňovský <martin.horenovsky@gmail.com>
2025-10-31 12:17:11 +01:00 · 2020-01-31 20:44:06 +00:00
parent 2d172dc688
commit 481f54b357
8 changed files with 171 additions and 98 deletions
--- a/include/internal/catch_test_case_info.cpp
+++ b/include/internal/catch_test_case_info.cpp
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ namespace Catch {
            }
        }
        if( isHidden ) {
-            tags.emplace_back( "." );
+            // Add all "hidden" tags to make them behave identically
+            tags.insert( tags.end(), { ".", "!hide" } );
        }

        TestCaseInfo info( static_cast<std::string>(nameAndTags.name), _className, desc, tags, _lineInfo );
--- a/projects/SelfTest/Baselines/compact.sw.approved.txt
+++ b/projects/SelfTest/Baselines/compact.sw.approved.txt
@@ -1567,6 +1567,9 @@ Xml.tests.cpp:<line number>: passed: encode( stringWithQuotes, Catch::XmlEncode:
 "don't &quot;quote&quot; me on that"
 Xml.tests.cpp:<line number>: passed: encode( "[\x01]" ) == "[\\x01]" for: "[\x01]" == "[\x01]"
 Xml.tests.cpp:<line number>: passed: encode( "[\x7F]" ) == "[\\x7F]" for: "[\x7F]" == "[\x7F]"
+Tag.tests.cpp:<line number>: passed: testcase.tags, VectorContains(std::string(".")) && VectorContains(std::string("!hide")) for: { "!hide", "." } ( Contains: "." and Contains: "!hide" )
+Tag.tests.cpp:<line number>: passed: testcase.tags, VectorContains(std::string(".")) && VectorContains(std::string("!hide")) for: { "!hide", "." } ( Contains: "." and Contains: "!hide" )
+Tag.tests.cpp:<line number>: passed: testcase.tags, VectorContains(std::string(".")) && VectorContains(std::string("!hide")) for: { "!hide", ".", "foo" } ( Contains: "." and Contains: "!hide" )
 ToStringVector.tests.cpp:<line number>: passed: Catch::Detail::stringify( empty ) == "{  }" for: "{  }" == "{  }"
 ToStringVector.tests.cpp:<line number>: passed: Catch::Detail::stringify( oneValue ) == "{ 42 }" for: "{ 42 }" == "{ 42 }"
 ToStringVector.tests.cpp:<line number>: passed: Catch::Detail::stringify( twoValues ) == "{ 42, 250 }" for: "{ 42, 250 }" == "{ 42, 250 }"
@@ -1668,7 +1671,7 @@ StringManip.tests.cpp:<line number>: passed: Catch::replaceInPlace(s, "'", "|'")
 StringManip.tests.cpp:<line number>: passed: s == "didn|'t" for: "didn|'t" == "didn|'t"
 Misc.tests.cpp:<line number>: failed: false with 1 message: '3'
 Message.tests.cpp:<line number>: failed: false with 2 messages: 'hi' and 'i := 7'
-Tag.tests.cpp:<line number>: passed: testcase.tags, Catch::VectorContains(std::string("magic-tag")) && Catch::VectorContains(std::string(".")) for: { ".", "magic-tag" } ( Contains: "magic-tag" and Contains: "." )
+Tag.tests.cpp:<line number>: passed: testcase.tags, Catch::VectorContains(std::string("magic-tag")) && Catch::VectorContains(std::string(".")) for: { "!hide", ".", "magic-tag" } ( Contains: "magic-tag" and Contains: "." )
 StringManip.tests.cpp:<line number>: passed: splitStringRef("", ','), Equals(std::vector<StringRef>()) for: {  } Equals: {  }
 StringManip.tests.cpp:<line number>: passed: splitStringRef("abc", ','), Equals(std::vector<StringRef>{"abc"}) for: { abc } Equals: { abc }
 StringManip.tests.cpp:<line number>: passed: splitStringRef("abc,def", ','), Equals(std::vector<StringRef>{"abc", "def"}) for: { abc, def } Equals: { abc, def }
--- a/projects/SelfTest/Baselines/console.std.approved.txt
+++ b/projects/SelfTest/Baselines/console.std.approved.txt
@@ -1380,6 +1380,6 @@ due to unexpected exception with message:
  Why would you throw a std::string?

 ===============================================================================
-test cases:  304 |  230 passed |  70 failed |  4 failed as expected
-assertions: 1659 | 1507 passed | 131 failed | 21 failed as expected
+test cases:  305 |  231 passed |  70 failed |  4 failed as expected
+assertions: 1662 | 1510 passed | 131 failed | 21 failed as expected

--- a/projects/SelfTest/Baselines/console.sw.approved.txt
+++ b/projects/SelfTest/Baselines/console.sw.approved.txt
@@ -11465,6 +11465,39 @@ Xml.tests.cpp:<line number>: PASSED:
 with expansion:
  "[\x7F]" == "[\x7F]"

+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+adding a hide tag implicitly enables all others
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tag.tests.cpp:<line number>
+...............................................................................
+
+Tag.tests.cpp:<line number>: PASSED:
+  REQUIRE_THAT( testcase.tags, VectorContains(std::string(".")) && VectorContains(std::string("!hide")) )
+with expansion:
+  { "!hide", "." } ( Contains: "." and Contains: "!hide" )
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+adding a hide tag implicitly enables all others
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tag.tests.cpp:<line number>
+...............................................................................
+
+Tag.tests.cpp:<line number>: PASSED:
+  REQUIRE_THAT( testcase.tags, VectorContains(std::string(".")) && VectorContains(std::string("!hide")) )
+with expansion:
+  { "!hide", "." } ( Contains: "." and Contains: "!hide" )
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+adding a hide tag implicitly enables all others
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tag.tests.cpp:<line number>
+...............................................................................
+
+Tag.tests.cpp:<line number>: PASSED:
+  REQUIRE_THAT( testcase.tags, VectorContains(std::string(".")) && VectorContains(std::string("!hide")) )
+with expansion:
+  { "!hide", ".", "foo" } ( Contains: "." and Contains: "!hide" )
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 array<int, N> -> toString
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -12387,7 +12420,7 @@ Tag.tests.cpp:<line number>
 Tag.tests.cpp:<line number>: PASSED:
  REQUIRE_THAT( testcase.tags, Catch::VectorContains(std::string("magic-tag")) && Catch::VectorContains(std::string(".")) )
 with expansion:
-  { ".", "magic-tag" } ( Contains: "magic-tag" and Contains: "." )
+  { "!hide", ".", "magic-tag" } ( Contains: "magic-tag" and Contains: "." )

 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 splitString
@@ -13251,6 +13284,6 @@ Misc.tests.cpp:<line number>
 Misc.tests.cpp:<line number>: PASSED:

 ===============================================================================
-test cases:  304 |  214 passed |  86 failed |  4 failed as expected
-assertions: 1676 | 1507 passed | 148 failed | 21 failed as expected
+test cases:  305 |  215 passed |  86 failed |  4 failed as expected
+assertions: 1679 | 1510 passed | 148 failed | 21 failed as expected

--- a/projects/SelfTest/Baselines/junit.sw.approved.txt
+++ b/projects/SelfTest/Baselines/junit.sw.approved.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <testsuitesloose text artifact
 >
-  <testsuite name="<exe-name>" errors="17" failures="132" tests="1677" hostname="tbd" time="{duration}" timestamp="{iso8601-timestamp}">
+  <testsuite name="<exe-name>" errors="17" failures="132" tests="1680" hostname="tbd" time="{duration}" timestamp="{iso8601-timestamp}">
    <properties>
      <property name="filters" value="~[!nonportable]~[!benchmark]~[approvals]"/>
      <property name="random-seed" value="1"/>
@@ -1404,6 +1404,7 @@ Exception.tests.cpp:<line number>
    <testcase classname="<exe-name>.global" name="XmlEncode/string with quotes" time="{duration}"/>
    <testcase classname="<exe-name>.global" name="XmlEncode/string with control char (1)" time="{duration}"/>
    <testcase classname="<exe-name>.global" name="XmlEncode/string with control char (x7F)" time="{duration}"/>
+    <testcase classname="<exe-name>.global" name="adding a hide tag implicitly enables all others" time="{duration}"/>
    <testcase classname="<exe-name>.global" name="array&lt;int, N> -> toString" time="{duration}"/>
    <testcase classname="<exe-name>.global" name="atomic if" time="{duration}"/>
    <testcase classname="<exe-name>.global" name="boolean member" time="{duration}"/>
--- a/projects/SelfTest/Baselines/sonarqube.sw.approved.txt
+++ b/projects/SelfTest/Baselines/sonarqube.sw.approved.txt
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@
  <file path="projects/<exe-name>/IntrospectiveTests/Tag.tests.cpp">
    <testCase name="Tag alias can be registered against tag patterns/The same tag alias can only be registered once" duration="{duration}"/>
    <testCase name="Tag alias can be registered against tag patterns/Tag aliases must be of the form [@name]" duration="{duration}"/>
+    <testCase name="adding a hide tag implicitly enables all others" duration="{duration}"/>
    <testCase name="shortened hide tags are split apart" duration="{duration}"/>
  </file>
  <file path="projects/<exe-name>/IntrospectiveTests/ToString.tests.cpp">
--- a/projects/SelfTest/Baselines/xml.sw.approved.txt
+++ b/projects/SelfTest/Baselines/xml.sw.approved.txt
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="true"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="#1175 - Hidden Test" tags="[.]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="#1175 - Hidden Test" tags="[!hide][.]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
      <OverallResult success="true"/>
    </TestCase>
    <TestCase name="#1238" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Compilation.tests.cpp" >
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="true"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="#1455 - INFO and WARN can start with a linebreak" tags="[.][messages]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Message.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="#1455 - INFO and WARN can start with a linebreak" tags="[!hide][.][messages]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Message.tests.cpp" >
      <Info>

 This info message starts with a linebreak
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ This warning message starts with a linebreak
      </Warning>
      <OverallResult success="false"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="#1514: stderr/stdout is not captured in tests aborted by an exception" tags="[.][output-capture][regression]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Tricky.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="#1514: stderr/stdout is not captured in tests aborted by an exception" tags="[!hide][.][output-capture][regression]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Tricky.tests.cpp" >
      <Failure filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Tricky.tests.cpp" >
        1514
      </Failure>
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ Nor would this
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="true"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="#748 - captures with unexpected exceptions" tags="[!shouldfail][!throws][.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Exception.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="#748 - captures with unexpected exceptions" tags="[!hide][!shouldfail][!throws][.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Exception.tests.cpp" >
      <Section name="outside assertions" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Exception.tests.cpp" >
        <Info>
          answer := 42
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ Nor would this
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="true"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="#835 -- errno should not be touched by Catch" tags="[!shouldfail][.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="#835 -- errno should not be touched by Catch" tags="[!hide][!shouldfail][.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
      <Expression success="false" type="CHECK" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
        <Original>
          f() == 0
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ Nor would this
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="true"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="#961 -- Dynamically created sections should all be reported" tags="[.]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="#961 -- Dynamically created sections should all be reported" tags="[!hide][.]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
      <Section name="Looped section 0" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
        <OverallResults successes="1" failures="0" expectedFailures="0"/>
      </Section>
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ Nor would this
      </Section>
      <OverallResult success="true"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="'Not' checks that should fail" tags="[.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Condition.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="'Not' checks that should fail" tags="[!hide][.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Condition.tests.cpp" >
      <Expression success="false" type="CHECK" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Condition.tests.cpp" >
        <Original>
          false != false
@@ -1227,7 +1227,7 @@ Nor would this
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="true"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="A METHOD_AS_TEST_CASE based test run that fails" tags="[.][class][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Class.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="A METHOD_AS_TEST_CASE based test run that fails" tags="[!hide][.][class][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Class.tests.cpp" >
      <Expression success="false" type="REQUIRE" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Class.tests.cpp" >
        <Original>
          s == "world"
@@ -1249,7 +1249,7 @@ Nor would this
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="true"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="A TEMPLATE_PRODUCT_TEST_CASE_METHOD based test run that fails - Template_Foo&lt;float>" tags="[.][class][failing][product][template]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Class.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="A TEMPLATE_PRODUCT_TEST_CASE_METHOD based test run that fails - Template_Foo&lt;float>" tags="[!hide][.][class][failing][product][template]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Class.tests.cpp" >
      <Expression success="false" type="REQUIRE" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Class.tests.cpp" >
        <Original>
          Template_Fixture_2&lt;TestType>::m_a.size() == 1
@@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@ Nor would this
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="false"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="A TEMPLATE_PRODUCT_TEST_CASE_METHOD based test run that fails - Template_Foo&lt;int>" tags="[.][class][failing][product][template]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Class.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="A TEMPLATE_PRODUCT_TEST_CASE_METHOD based test run that fails - Template_Foo&lt;int>" tags="[!hide][.][class][failing][product][template]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Class.tests.cpp" >
      <Expression success="false" type="REQUIRE" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Class.tests.cpp" >
        <Original>
          Template_Fixture_2&lt;TestType>::m_a.size() == 1
@@ -1271,7 +1271,7 @@ Nor would this
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="false"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="A TEMPLATE_PRODUCT_TEST_CASE_METHOD based test run that fails - std::vector&lt;float>" tags="[.][class][failing][product][template]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Class.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="A TEMPLATE_PRODUCT_TEST_CASE_METHOD based test run that fails - std::vector&lt;float>" tags="[!hide][.][class][failing][product][template]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Class.tests.cpp" >
      <Expression success="false" type="REQUIRE" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Class.tests.cpp" >
        <Original>
          Template_Fixture_2&lt;TestType>::m_a.size() == 1
@@ -1282,7 +1282,7 @@ Nor would this
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="false"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="A TEMPLATE_PRODUCT_TEST_CASE_METHOD based test run that fails - std::vector&lt;int>" tags="[.][class][failing][product][template]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Class.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="A TEMPLATE_PRODUCT_TEST_CASE_METHOD based test run that fails - std::vector&lt;int>" tags="[!hide][.][class][failing][product][template]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Class.tests.cpp" >
      <Expression success="false" type="REQUIRE" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Class.tests.cpp" >
        <Original>
          Template_Fixture_2&lt;TestType>::m_a.size() == 1
@@ -1337,7 +1337,7 @@ Nor would this
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="true"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="A TEMPLATE_PRODUCT_TEST_CASE_METHOD_SIG based test run that fails - Template_Foo_2&lt;float, 6>" tags="[.][class][failing][nttp][product][template]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Class.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="A TEMPLATE_PRODUCT_TEST_CASE_METHOD_SIG based test run that fails - Template_Foo_2&lt;float, 6>" tags="[!hide][.][class][failing][nttp][product][template]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Class.tests.cpp" >
      <Expression success="false" type="REQUIRE" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Class.tests.cpp" >
        <Original>
          Template_Fixture_2&lt;TestType>{}.m_a.size() &lt; 2
@@ -1348,7 +1348,7 @@ Nor would this
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="false"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="A TEMPLATE_PRODUCT_TEST_CASE_METHOD_SIG based test run that fails - Template_Foo_2&lt;int, 2>" tags="[.][class][failing][nttp][product][template]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Class.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="A TEMPLATE_PRODUCT_TEST_CASE_METHOD_SIG based test run that fails - Template_Foo_2&lt;int, 2>" tags="[!hide][.][class][failing][nttp][product][template]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Class.tests.cpp" >
      <Expression success="false" type="REQUIRE" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Class.tests.cpp" >
        <Original>
          Template_Fixture_2&lt;TestType>{}.m_a.size() &lt; 2
@@ -1359,7 +1359,7 @@ Nor would this
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="false"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="A TEMPLATE_PRODUCT_TEST_CASE_METHOD_SIG based test run that fails - std::array&lt;float, 6>" tags="[.][class][failing][nttp][product][template]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Class.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="A TEMPLATE_PRODUCT_TEST_CASE_METHOD_SIG based test run that fails - std::array&lt;float, 6>" tags="[!hide][.][class][failing][nttp][product][template]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Class.tests.cpp" >
      <Expression success="false" type="REQUIRE" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Class.tests.cpp" >
        <Original>
          Template_Fixture_2&lt;TestType>{}.m_a.size() &lt; 2
@@ -1370,7 +1370,7 @@ Nor would this
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="false"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="A TEMPLATE_PRODUCT_TEST_CASE_METHOD_SIG based test run that fails - std::array&lt;int, 2>" tags="[.][class][failing][nttp][product][template]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Class.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="A TEMPLATE_PRODUCT_TEST_CASE_METHOD_SIG based test run that fails - std::array&lt;int, 2>" tags="[!hide][.][class][failing][nttp][product][template]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Class.tests.cpp" >
      <Expression success="false" type="REQUIRE" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Class.tests.cpp" >
        <Original>
          Template_Fixture_2&lt;TestType>{}.m_a.size() &lt; 2
@@ -1425,7 +1425,7 @@ Nor would this
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="true"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="A TEMPLATE_TEST_CASE_METHOD based test run that fails - double" tags="[.][class][failing][template]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Class.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="A TEMPLATE_TEST_CASE_METHOD based test run that fails - double" tags="[!hide][.][class][failing][template]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Class.tests.cpp" >
      <Expression success="false" type="REQUIRE" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Class.tests.cpp" >
        <Original>
          Template_Fixture&lt;TestType>::m_a == 2
@@ -1436,7 +1436,7 @@ Nor would this
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="false"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="A TEMPLATE_TEST_CASE_METHOD based test run that fails - float" tags="[.][class][failing][template]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Class.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="A TEMPLATE_TEST_CASE_METHOD based test run that fails - float" tags="[!hide][.][class][failing][template]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Class.tests.cpp" >
      <Expression success="false" type="REQUIRE" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Class.tests.cpp" >
        <Original>
          Template_Fixture&lt;TestType>::m_a == 2
@@ -1447,7 +1447,7 @@ Nor would this
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="false"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="A TEMPLATE_TEST_CASE_METHOD based test run that fails - int" tags="[.][class][failing][template]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Class.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="A TEMPLATE_TEST_CASE_METHOD based test run that fails - int" tags="[!hide][.][class][failing][template]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Class.tests.cpp" >
      <Expression success="false" type="REQUIRE" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Class.tests.cpp" >
        <Original>
          Template_Fixture&lt;TestType>::m_a == 2
@@ -1491,7 +1491,7 @@ Nor would this
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="true"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="A TEMPLATE_TEST_CASE_METHOD_SIG based test run that fails - 1" tags="[.][class][failing][nttp][template]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Class.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="A TEMPLATE_TEST_CASE_METHOD_SIG based test run that fails - 1" tags="[!hide][.][class][failing][nttp][template]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Class.tests.cpp" >
      <Expression success="false" type="REQUIRE" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Class.tests.cpp" >
        <Original>
          Nttp_Fixture&lt;V>::value == 0
@@ -1502,7 +1502,7 @@ Nor would this
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="false"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="A TEMPLATE_TEST_CASE_METHOD_SIG based test run that fails - 3" tags="[.][class][failing][nttp][template]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Class.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="A TEMPLATE_TEST_CASE_METHOD_SIG based test run that fails - 3" tags="[!hide][.][class][failing][nttp][template]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Class.tests.cpp" >
      <Expression success="false" type="REQUIRE" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Class.tests.cpp" >
        <Original>
          Nttp_Fixture&lt;V>::value == 0
@@ -1513,7 +1513,7 @@ Nor would this
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="false"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="A TEMPLATE_TEST_CASE_METHOD_SIG based test run that fails - 6" tags="[.][class][failing][nttp][template]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Class.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="A TEMPLATE_TEST_CASE_METHOD_SIG based test run that fails - 6" tags="[!hide][.][class][failing][nttp][template]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Class.tests.cpp" >
      <Expression success="false" type="REQUIRE" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Class.tests.cpp" >
        <Original>
          Nttp_Fixture&lt;V>::value == 0
@@ -1557,7 +1557,7 @@ Nor would this
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="true"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="A TEST_CASE_METHOD based test run that fails" tags="[.][class][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Class.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="A TEST_CASE_METHOD based test run that fails" tags="[!hide][.][class][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Class.tests.cpp" >
      <Expression success="false" type="REQUIRE" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Class.tests.cpp" >
        <Original>
          m_a == 2
@@ -1718,7 +1718,7 @@ Nor would this
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="true"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="A couple of nested sections followed by a failure" tags="[.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="A couple of nested sections followed by a failure" tags="[!hide][.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
      <Section name="Outer" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
        <Section name="Inner" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
          <OverallResults successes="1" failures="0" expectedFailures="0"/>
@@ -1730,7 +1730,7 @@ Nor would this
      </Failure>
      <OverallResult success="false"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="A failing expression with a non streamable type is still captured" tags="[.][Tricky][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Tricky.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="A failing expression with a non streamable type is still captured" tags="[!hide][.][Tricky][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Tricky.tests.cpp" >
      <Expression success="false" type="CHECK" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Tricky.tests.cpp" >
        <Original>
          &amp;o1 == &amp;o2
@@ -1822,7 +1822,7 @@ Nor would this
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="true"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="An unchecked exception reports the line of the last assertion" tags="[!throws][.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Exception.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="An unchecked exception reports the line of the last assertion" tags="[!hide][!throws][.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Exception.tests.cpp" >
      <Expression success="true" type="CHECK" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Exception.tests.cpp" >
        <Original>
          1 == 1
@@ -2832,7 +2832,7 @@ Nor would this
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="true"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="Contains string matcher" tags="[.][failing][matchers]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Matchers.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="Contains string matcher" tags="[!hide][.][failing][matchers]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Matchers.tests.cpp" >
      <Expression success="false" type="CHECK_THAT" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Matchers.tests.cpp" >
        <Original>
          testStringForMatching(), Contains("not there", Catch::CaseSensitive::No)
@@ -3005,7 +3005,7 @@ Nor would this
      </Section>
      <OverallResult success="true"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="Custom exceptions can be translated when testing for nothrow" tags="[!throws][.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Exception.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="Custom exceptions can be translated when testing for nothrow" tags="[!hide][!throws][.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Exception.tests.cpp" >
      <Expression success="false" type="REQUIRE_NOTHROW" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Exception.tests.cpp" >
        <Original>
          throwCustom()
@@ -3019,7 +3019,7 @@ Nor would this
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="false"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="Custom exceptions can be translated when testing for throwing as something else" tags="[!throws][.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Exception.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="Custom exceptions can be translated when testing for throwing as something else" tags="[!hide][!throws][.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Exception.tests.cpp" >
      <Expression success="false" type="REQUIRE_THROWS_AS" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Exception.tests.cpp" >
        <Original>
          throwCustom(), std::exception
@@ -3033,7 +3033,7 @@ Nor would this
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="false"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="Custom std-exceptions can be custom translated" tags="[!throws][.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Exception.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="Custom std-exceptions can be custom translated" tags="[!hide][!throws][.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Exception.tests.cpp" >
      <Exception filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Exception.tests.cpp" >
        custom std exception
      </Exception>
@@ -3087,7 +3087,7 @@ Nor would this
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="true"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="EndsWith string matcher" tags="[.][failing][matchers]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Matchers.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="EndsWith string matcher" tags="[!hide][.][failing][matchers]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Matchers.tests.cpp" >
      <Expression success="false" type="CHECK_THAT" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Matchers.tests.cpp" >
        <Original>
          testStringForMatching(), EndsWith("Substring")
@@ -3181,7 +3181,7 @@ Nor would this
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="true"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="Equality checks that should fail" tags="[!mayfail][.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Condition.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="Equality checks that should fail" tags="[!hide][!mayfail][.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Condition.tests.cpp" >
      <Expression success="false" type="CHECK" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Condition.tests.cpp" >
        <Original>
          data.int_seven == 6
@@ -3366,7 +3366,7 @@ Nor would this
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="true"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="Equals string matcher" tags="[.][failing][matchers]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Matchers.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="Equals string matcher" tags="[!hide][.][failing][matchers]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Matchers.tests.cpp" >
      <Expression success="false" type="CHECK_THAT" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Matchers.tests.cpp" >
        <Original>
          testStringForMatching(), Equals("this string contains 'ABC' as a substring")
@@ -3416,7 +3416,7 @@ Nor would this
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="true"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="Exception matchers that fail" tags="[!throws][.][exceptions][failing][matchers]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Matchers.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="Exception matchers that fail" tags="[!hide][!throws][.][exceptions][failing][matchers]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Matchers.tests.cpp" >
      <Section name="No exception" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Matchers.tests.cpp" >
        <Expression success="false" type="CHECK_THROWS_MATCHES" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Matchers.tests.cpp" >
          <Original>
@@ -3596,7 +3596,7 @@ Nor would this
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="true"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="Expected exceptions that don't throw or unexpected exceptions fail the test" tags="[!throws][.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Exception.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="Expected exceptions that don't throw or unexpected exceptions fail the test" tags="[!hide][!throws][.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Exception.tests.cpp" >
      <Expression success="false" type="CHECK_THROWS_AS" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Exception.tests.cpp" >
        <Original>
          thisThrows(), std::string
@@ -3629,17 +3629,17 @@ Nor would this
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="false"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="FAIL aborts the test" tags="[.][failing][messages]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Message.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="FAIL aborts the test" tags="[!hide][.][failing][messages]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Message.tests.cpp" >
      <Failure filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Message.tests.cpp" >
        This is a failure
      </Failure>
      <OverallResult success="false"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="FAIL does not require an argument" tags="[.][failing][messages]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Message.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="FAIL does not require an argument" tags="[!hide][.][failing][messages]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Message.tests.cpp" >
      <Failure filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Message.tests.cpp" />
      <OverallResult success="false"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="FAIL_CHECK does not abort the test" tags="[.][failing][messages]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Message.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="FAIL_CHECK does not abort the test" tags="[!hide][.][failing][messages]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Message.tests.cpp" >
      <Failure filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Message.tests.cpp" >
        This is a failure
      </Failure>
@@ -6865,7 +6865,7 @@ Nor would this
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="true"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="INFO and WARN do not abort tests" tags="[.][messages]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Message.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="INFO and WARN do not abort tests" tags="[!hide][.][messages]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Message.tests.cpp" >
      <Info>
        this is a message
      </Info>
@@ -6874,7 +6874,7 @@ Nor would this
      </Warning>
      <OverallResult success="false"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="INFO gets logged on failure" tags="[.][failing][messages]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Message.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="INFO gets logged on failure" tags="[!hide][.][failing][messages]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Message.tests.cpp" >
      <Info>
        this message should be logged
      </Info>
@@ -6891,7 +6891,7 @@ Nor would this
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="false"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="INFO gets logged on failure, even if captured before successful assertions" tags="[.][failing][messages]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Message.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="INFO gets logged on failure, even if captured before successful assertions" tags="[!hide][.][failing][messages]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Message.tests.cpp" >
      <Info>
        this message may be logged later
      </Info>
@@ -6956,7 +6956,7 @@ Nor would this
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="false"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="INFO is reset for each loop" tags="[.][failing][messages]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Message.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="INFO is reset for each loop" tags="[!hide][.][failing][messages]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Message.tests.cpp" >
      <Info>
        current counter 0
      </Info>
@@ -7113,7 +7113,7 @@ Nor would this
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="false"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="Inequality checks that should fail" tags="[!shouldfail][.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Condition.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="Inequality checks that should fail" tags="[!hide][!shouldfail][.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Condition.tests.cpp" >
      <Expression success="false" type="CHECK" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Condition.tests.cpp" >
        <Original>
          data.int_seven != 7
@@ -7326,7 +7326,7 @@ Nor would this
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="true"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="Matchers can be composed with both &amp;&amp; and || - failing" tags="[.][failing][matchers][operator&amp;&amp;][operators][operator||]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Matchers.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="Matchers can be composed with both &amp;&amp; and || - failing" tags="[!hide][.][failing][matchers][operator&amp;&amp;][operators][operator||]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Matchers.tests.cpp" >
      <Expression success="false" type="CHECK_THAT" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Matchers.tests.cpp" >
        <Original>
          testStringForMatching(), (Contains("string") || Contains("different")) &amp;&amp; Contains("random")
@@ -7348,7 +7348,7 @@ Nor would this
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="true"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="Matchers can be negated (Not) with the ! operator - failing" tags="[.][failing][matchers][not][operators]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Matchers.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="Matchers can be negated (Not) with the ! operator - failing" tags="[!hide][.][failing][matchers][not][operators]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Matchers.tests.cpp" >
      <Expression success="false" type="CHECK_THAT" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Matchers.tests.cpp" >
        <Original>
          testStringForMatching(), !Contains("substring")
@@ -7359,7 +7359,7 @@ Nor would this
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="false"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="Mismatching exception messages failing the test" tags="[!throws][.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Exception.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="Mismatching exception messages failing the test" tags="[!hide][!throws][.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Exception.tests.cpp" >
      <Expression success="true" type="REQUIRE_THROWS_WITH" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Exception.tests.cpp" >
        <Original>
          thisThrows(), "expected exception"
@@ -7509,13 +7509,13 @@ Nor would this
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="true"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="Nice descriptive name" tags="[.][tag1][tag2][tag3]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="Nice descriptive name" tags="[!hide][.][tag1][tag2][tag3]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
      <Warning>
        This one ran
      </Warning>
      <OverallResult success="false"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="Non-std exceptions can be translated" tags="[!throws][.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Exception.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="Non-std exceptions can be translated" tags="[!hide][!throws][.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Exception.tests.cpp" >
      <Exception filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Exception.tests.cpp" >
        custom exception
      </Exception>
@@ -7551,7 +7551,7 @@ Nor would this
    <TestCase name="Optionally static assertions" tags="[compilation]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Compilation.tests.cpp" >
      <OverallResult success="true"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="Ordering comparison checks that should fail" tags="[.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Condition.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="Ordering comparison checks that should fail" tags="[!hide][.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Condition.tests.cpp" >
      <Expression success="false" type="CHECK" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Condition.tests.cpp" >
        <Original>
          data.int_seven > 7
@@ -8004,7 +8004,7 @@ Nor would this
      </Section>
      <OverallResult success="true"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="Output from all sections is reported" tags="[.][failing][messages]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Message.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="Output from all sections is reported" tags="[!hide][.][failing][messages]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Message.tests.cpp" >
      <Section name="one" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Message.tests.cpp" >
        <Failure filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Message.tests.cpp" >
          Message from section one
@@ -10218,7 +10218,7 @@ Nor would this
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="true"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="Reconstruction should be based on stringification: #914" tags="[.][Decomposition][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Decomposition.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="Reconstruction should be based on stringification: #914" tags="[!hide][.][Decomposition][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Decomposition.tests.cpp" >
      <Expression success="false" type="CHECK" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Decomposition.tests.cpp" >
        <Original>
          truthy(false)
@@ -10229,7 +10229,7 @@ Nor would this
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="false"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="Regex string matcher" tags="[.][failing][matchers]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Matchers.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="Regex string matcher" tags="[!hide][.][failing][matchers]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Matchers.tests.cpp" >
      <Expression success="false" type="CHECK_THAT" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Matchers.tests.cpp" >
        <Original>
          testStringForMatching(), Matches("this STRING contains 'abc' as a substring")
@@ -10270,7 +10270,7 @@ Nor would this
    <TestCase name="SUCCEED counts as a test pass" tags="[messages]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Message.tests.cpp" >
      <OverallResult success="true"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="SUCCEED does not require an argument" tags="[.][messages]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Message.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="SUCCEED does not require an argument" tags="[!hide][.][messages]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Message.tests.cpp" >
      <OverallResult success="true"/>
    </TestCase>
    <TestCase name="Scenario: BDD tests requiring Fixtures to provide commonly-accessed data or methods" tags="[bdd][fixtures]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/BDD.tests.cpp" >
@@ -10438,7 +10438,7 @@ Nor would this
      </Section>
      <OverallResult success="true"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="Sends stuff to stdout and stderr" tags="[.]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="Sends stuff to stdout and stderr" tags="[!hide][.]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
      <OverallResult success="false">
        <StdOut>
 A string sent directly to stdout
@@ -10516,7 +10516,7 @@ A string sent to stderr via clog
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="true"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="Standard output from all sections is reported" tags="[.][messages]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Message.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="Standard output from all sections is reported" tags="[!hide][.][messages]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Message.tests.cpp" >
      <Section name="one" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Message.tests.cpp" >
        <OverallResults successes="0" failures="1" expectedFailures="0"/>
      </Section>
@@ -10530,7 +10530,7 @@ Message from section two
        </StdOut>
      </OverallResult>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="StartsWith string matcher" tags="[.][failing][matchers]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Matchers.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="StartsWith string matcher" tags="[!hide][.][failing][matchers]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Matchers.tests.cpp" >
      <Expression success="false" type="CHECK_THAT" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Matchers.tests.cpp" >
        <Original>
          testStringForMatching(), StartsWith("This String")
@@ -11115,7 +11115,7 @@ Message from section two
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="true"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="Tabs and newlines show in output" tags="[.][failing][whitespace]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="Tabs and newlines show in output" tags="[!hide][.][failing][whitespace]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
      <Expression success="false" type="CHECK" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
        <Original>
          s1 == s2
@@ -12584,10 +12584,10 @@ Message from section two
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="false"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="This test 'should' fail but doesn't" tags="[!shouldfail][.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="This test 'should' fail but doesn't" tags="[!hide][!shouldfail][.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
      <OverallResult success="false"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="Thrown string literals are translated" tags="[!throws][.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Exception.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="Thrown string literals are translated" tags="[!hide][!throws][.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Exception.tests.cpp" >
      <Exception filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Exception.tests.cpp" >
        For some reason someone is throwing a string literal!
      </Exception>
@@ -13251,7 +13251,7 @@ There is no extra whitespace here
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="true"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="Unexpected exceptions can be translated" tags="[!throws][.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Exception.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="Unexpected exceptions can be translated" tags="[!hide][!throws][.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Exception.tests.cpp" >
      <Exception filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Exception.tests.cpp" >
        3.14
      </Exception>
@@ -13410,7 +13410,7 @@ There is no extra whitespace here
      </Section>
      <OverallResult success="true"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="Vector Approx matcher -- failing" tags="[.][approx][failing][matchers][vector]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Matchers.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="Vector Approx matcher -- failing" tags="[!hide][.][approx][failing][matchers][vector]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Matchers.tests.cpp" >
      <Section name="Empty and non empty vectors are not approx equal" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Matchers.tests.cpp" >
        <Expression success="false" type="CHECK_THAT" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Matchers.tests.cpp" >
          <Original>
@@ -13565,7 +13565,7 @@ There is no extra whitespace here
      </Section>
      <OverallResult success="true"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="Vector matchers that fail" tags="[.][failing][matchers][vector]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Matchers.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="Vector matchers that fail" tags="[!hide][.][failing][matchers][vector]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Matchers.tests.cpp" >
      <Section name="Contains (element)" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Matchers.tests.cpp" >
        <Expression success="false" type="CHECK_THAT" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Matchers.tests.cpp" >
          <Original>
@@ -13703,13 +13703,13 @@ There is no extra whitespace here
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="true"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="When unchecked exceptions are thrown directly they are always failures" tags="[!throws][.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Exception.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="When unchecked exceptions are thrown directly they are always failures" tags="[!hide][!throws][.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Exception.tests.cpp" >
      <Exception filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Exception.tests.cpp" >
        unexpected exception
      </Exception>
      <OverallResult success="false"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="When unchecked exceptions are thrown during a CHECK the test should continue" tags="[!throws][.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Exception.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="When unchecked exceptions are thrown during a CHECK the test should continue" tags="[!hide][!throws][.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Exception.tests.cpp" >
      <Expression success="false" type="CHECK" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Exception.tests.cpp" >
        <Original>
          thisThrows() == 0
@@ -13723,7 +13723,7 @@ There is no extra whitespace here
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="false"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="When unchecked exceptions are thrown during a REQUIRE the test should abort fail" tags="[!throws][.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Exception.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="When unchecked exceptions are thrown during a REQUIRE the test should abort fail" tags="[!hide][!throws][.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Exception.tests.cpp" >
      <Expression success="false" type="REQUIRE" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Exception.tests.cpp" >
        <Original>
          thisThrows() == 0
@@ -13737,7 +13737,7 @@ There is no extra whitespace here
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="false"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="When unchecked exceptions are thrown from functions they are always failures" tags="[!throws][.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Exception.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="When unchecked exceptions are thrown from functions they are always failures" tags="[!hide][!throws][.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Exception.tests.cpp" >
      <Expression success="false" type="CHECK" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Exception.tests.cpp" >
        <Original>
          thisThrows() == 0
@@ -13751,7 +13751,7 @@ There is no extra whitespace here
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="false"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="When unchecked exceptions are thrown from sections they are always failures" tags="[!throws][.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Exception.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="When unchecked exceptions are thrown from sections they are always failures" tags="[!hide][!throws][.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Exception.tests.cpp" >
      <Section name="section name" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Exception.tests.cpp" >
        <Exception filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Exception.tests.cpp" >
          unexpected exception
@@ -13763,13 +13763,13 @@ There is no extra whitespace here
    <TestCase name="When unchecked exceptions are thrown, but caught, they do not affect the test" tags="[!throws]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Exception.tests.cpp" >
      <OverallResult success="false"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="Where the LHS is not a simple value" tags="[.][Tricky][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Tricky.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="Where the LHS is not a simple value" tags="[!hide][.][Tricky][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Tricky.tests.cpp" >
      <Warning>
        Uncomment the code in this test to check that it gives a sensible compiler error
      </Warning>
      <OverallResult success="false"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="Where there is more to the expression after the RHS" tags="[.][Tricky][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Tricky.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="Where there is more to the expression after the RHS" tags="[!hide][.][Tricky][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Tricky.tests.cpp" >
      <Warning>
        Uncomment the code in this test to check that it gives a sensible compiler error
      </Warning>
@@ -13900,6 +13900,33 @@ There is no extra whitespace here
      </Section>
      <OverallResult success="true"/>
    </TestCase>
+    <TestCase name="adding a hide tag implicitly enables all others" tags="[tags]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/IntrospectiveTests/Tag.tests.cpp" >
+      <Expression success="true" type="REQUIRE_THAT" filename="projects/<exe-name>/IntrospectiveTests/Tag.tests.cpp" >
+        <Original>
+          testcase.tags, VectorContains(std::string(".")) &amp;&amp; VectorContains(std::string("!hide"))
+        </Original>
+        <Expanded>
+          { "!hide", "." } ( Contains: "." and Contains: "!hide" )
+        </Expanded>
+      </Expression>
+      <Expression success="true" type="REQUIRE_THAT" filename="projects/<exe-name>/IntrospectiveTests/Tag.tests.cpp" >
+        <Original>
+          testcase.tags, VectorContains(std::string(".")) &amp;&amp; VectorContains(std::string("!hide"))
+        </Original>
+        <Expanded>
+          { "!hide", "." } ( Contains: "." and Contains: "!hide" )
+        </Expanded>
+      </Expression>
+      <Expression success="true" type="REQUIRE_THAT" filename="projects/<exe-name>/IntrospectiveTests/Tag.tests.cpp" >
+        <Original>
+          testcase.tags, VectorContains(std::string(".")) &amp;&amp; VectorContains(std::string("!hide"))
+        </Original>
+        <Expanded>
+          { "!hide", ".", "foo" } ( Contains: "." and Contains: "!hide" )
+        </Expanded>
+      </Expression>
+      <OverallResult success="true"/>
+    </TestCase>
    <TestCase name="array&lt;int, N> -> toString" tags="[array][containers][toString]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/ToStringVector.tests.cpp" >
      <Expression success="true" type="REQUIRE" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/ToStringVector.tests.cpp" >
        <Original>
@@ -13968,7 +13995,7 @@ There is no extra whitespace here
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="true"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="checkedElse, failing" tags="[.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="checkedElse, failing" tags="[!hide][.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
      <Expression success="false" type="CHECKED_ELSE" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
        <Original>
          flag
@@ -14006,7 +14033,7 @@ There is no extra whitespace here
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="true"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="checkedIf, failing" tags="[.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="checkedIf, failing" tags="[!hide][.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
      <Expression success="false" type="CHECKED_IF" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
        <Original>
          flag
@@ -14120,13 +14147,13 @@ There is no extra whitespace here
 loose text artifact
      <OverallResult success="false"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="just failure" tags="[.][fail][isolated info][messages]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Message.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="just failure" tags="[!hide][.][fail][isolated info][messages]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Message.tests.cpp" >
      <Failure filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Message.tests.cpp" >
        Previous info should not be seen
      </Failure>
      <OverallResult success="false"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="just failure after unscoped info" tags="[.][failing][info][unscoped]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Message.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="just failure after unscoped info" tags="[!hide][.][failing][info][unscoped]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Message.tests.cpp" >
      <Failure filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Message.tests.cpp" >
        previous unscoped info SHOULD not be seen
      </Failure>
@@ -14151,7 +14178,7 @@ loose text artifact
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="true"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="looped SECTION tests" tags="[.][failing][sections]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="looped SECTION tests" tags="[!hide][.][failing][sections]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
      <Section name="b is currently: 0" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
        <Expression success="false" type="CHECK" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
          <Original>
@@ -14264,7 +14291,7 @@ loose text artifact
      </Section>
      <OverallResult success="false"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="looped tests" tags="[.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="looped tests" tags="[!hide][.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
      <Info>
        Testing if fib[0] (1) is even
      </Info>
@@ -14376,7 +14403,7 @@ loose text artifact
      </Warning>
      <OverallResult success="false"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="more nested SECTION tests" tags="[.][failing][sections]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="more nested SECTION tests" tags="[!hide][.][failing][sections]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
      <Section name="doesn't equal" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
        <Section name="equal" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
          <Expression success="false" type="REQUIRE" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
@@ -14421,7 +14448,7 @@ loose text artifact
      </Section>
      <OverallResult success="false"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="nested SECTION tests" tags="[.][failing][sections]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="nested SECTION tests" tags="[!hide][.][failing][sections]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
      <Section name="doesn't equal" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
        <Expression success="true" type="REQUIRE" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
          <Original>
@@ -14465,7 +14492,7 @@ loose text artifact
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="true"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="non-copyable objects" tags="[.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Tricky.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="non-copyable objects" tags="[!hide][.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Tricky.tests.cpp" >
      <Expression success="true" type="CHECK" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Tricky.tests.cpp" >
        <Original>
          ti == typeid(int)
@@ -14479,7 +14506,7 @@ loose text artifact
    <TestCase name="not allowed" tags="[!throws]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
      <OverallResult success="true"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="not prints unscoped info from previous failures" tags="[.][failing][info][unscoped]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Message.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="not prints unscoped info from previous failures" tags="[!hide][.][failing][info][unscoped]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Message.tests.cpp" >
      <Info>
        this MAY be seen only for the FIRST assertion IF info is printed for passing assertions
      </Info>
@@ -14651,7 +14678,7 @@ loose text artifact
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="true"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="prints unscoped info on failure" tags="[.][failing][info][unscoped]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Message.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="prints unscoped info on failure" tags="[!hide][.][failing][info][unscoped]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Message.tests.cpp" >
      <Info>
        this SHOULD be seen
      </Info>
@@ -14668,7 +14695,7 @@ loose text artifact
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="false"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="prints unscoped info only for the first assertion" tags="[.][failing][info][unscoped]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Message.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="prints unscoped info only for the first assertion" tags="[!hide][.][failing][info][unscoped]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Message.tests.cpp" >
      <Info>
        this SHOULD be seen only ONCE
      </Info>
@@ -14709,7 +14736,7 @@ loose text artifact
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="false"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="random SECTION tests" tags="[.][failing][sections]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="random SECTION tests" tags="[!hide][.][failing][sections]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
      <Section name="doesn't equal" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
        <Expression success="true" type="REQUIRE" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
          <Original>
@@ -14881,7 +14908,7 @@ loose text artifact
    <TestCase name="second tag" tags="[tag2]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
      <OverallResult success="false"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="send a single char to INFO" tags="[.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="send a single char to INFO" tags="[!hide][.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Misc.tests.cpp" >
      <Info>
        3
      </Info>
@@ -14895,7 +14922,7 @@ loose text artifact
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="false"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="sends information to INFO" tags="[.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Message.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="sends information to INFO" tags="[!hide][.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Message.tests.cpp" >
      <Info>
        hi
      </Info>
@@ -14918,7 +14945,7 @@ loose text artifact
          testcase.tags, Catch::VectorContains(std::string("magic-tag")) &amp;&amp; Catch::VectorContains(std::string("."))
        </Original>
        <Expanded>
-          { ".", "magic-tag" } ( Contains: "magic-tag" and Contains: "." )
+          { "!hide", ".", "magic-tag" } ( Contains: "magic-tag" and Contains: "." )
        </Expanded>
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="true"/>
@@ -14950,7 +14977,7 @@ loose text artifact
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="true"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="stacks unscoped info in loops" tags="[.][failing][info][unscoped]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Message.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="stacks unscoped info in loops" tags="[!hide][.][failing][info][unscoped]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Message.tests.cpp" >
      <Info>
        Count 1 to 3...
      </Info>
@@ -15104,7 +15131,7 @@ loose text artifact
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="true"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="string literals of different sizes can be compared" tags="[.][Tricky][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Tricky.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="string literals of different sizes can be compared" tags="[!hide][.][Tricky][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Tricky.tests.cpp" >
      <Expression success="false" type="REQUIRE" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Tricky.tests.cpp" >
        <Original>
          std::string( "first" ) == "second"
@@ -15326,7 +15353,7 @@ loose text artifact
      </Expression>
      <OverallResult success="true"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <TestCase name="thrown std::strings are translated" tags="[!throws][.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Exception.tests.cpp" >
+    <TestCase name="thrown std::strings are translated" tags="[!hide][!throws][.][failing]" filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Exception.tests.cpp" >
      <Exception filename="projects/<exe-name>/UsageTests/Exception.tests.cpp" >
        Why would you throw a std::string?
      </Exception>
@@ -15844,7 +15871,7 @@ loose text artifact
      </Section>
      <OverallResult success="true"/>
    </TestCase>
-    <OverallResults successes="1507" failures="149" expectedFailures="21"/>
+    <OverallResults successes="1510" failures="149" expectedFailures="21"/>
  </Group>
-  <OverallResults successes="1507" failures="148" expectedFailures="21"/>
+  <OverallResults successes="1510" failures="148" expectedFailures="21"/>
 </Catch>
--- a/projects/SelfTest/IntrospectiveTests/Tag.tests.cpp
+++ b/projects/SelfTest/IntrospectiveTests/Tag.tests.cpp
@@ -45,3 +45,10 @@ TEST_CASE("shortened hide tags are split apart") {
    auto testcase = Catch::makeTestCase(nullptr, "", {"fake test name", "[.magic-tag]"}, CATCH_INTERNAL_LINEINFO);
    REQUIRE_THAT(testcase.tags, Catch::VectorContains(std::string("magic-tag")) && Catch::VectorContains(std::string(".")));
 }
+
+TEST_CASE("adding a hide tag implicitly enables all others", "[tags]") {
+    using Catch::VectorContains;
+    auto tag = GENERATE(as<char const*>{}, "[!hide]", "[.]", "[.foo]");
+    auto testcase = Catch::makeTestCase(nullptr, "", {"fake test name", tag}, CATCH_INTERNAL_LINEINFO);
+    REQUIRE_THAT(testcase.tags, VectorContains(std::string(".")) && VectorContains(std::string("!hide")));
+}