Replace setProps with rerender Function

src/__tests__/rerender.js

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import '@testing-library/jest-dom'
+import {defineComponent, h, computed} from 'vue'
+import {render} from '@testing-library/vue'
+import NumberDisplay from './components/NumberDisplay'
+
+// It'd probably be better if you test the component that's doing the rerendering
+// to ensure that the rerendered component is being updated correctly.
+// That said, if you'd prefer to, for example, update the props of a rendered
+// component, this function can be used to do so.
+test('calling rerender remounts the component and updates the props', () => {
+  const {rerender, getByTestId} = render(NumberDisplay, {
+    props: {number: 1},
+  })
+
+  expect(getByTestId('number-display')).toHaveTextContent('1')
+
+  rerender({props: {number: 3}})
+  expect(getByTestId('number-display')).toHaveTextContent('3')
+
+  rerender({props: {number: 5}})
+  expect(getByTestId('number-display')).toHaveTextContent('5')
+
+  // Assert that, after rerendering and updating props, the component has been remounted,
+  // meaning we are testing a different component instance than we rendered initially.
+  expect(getByTestId('instance-id')).toHaveTextContent('3')
+})
+
+test('rerender works with composition API', () => {
+  const Component = defineComponent({
+    props: {
+      foo: {type: String, default: 'foo'},
+    },
+    setup(props) {
+      const foobar = computed(() => `${props.foo}-bar`)
+      return () =>
+        h(
+          'div',
+          {'data-testid': 'node'},
+          `Foo is: ${props.foo}. Foobar is: ${foobar.value}`,
+        )
+    },
+  })
+
+  const {rerender, getByTestId} = render(Component)
+
+  const originalNode = getByTestId('node')
+  expect(originalNode).toHaveTextContent('Foo is: foo. Foobar is: foo-bar')
+
+  rerender({props: {foo: 'qux'}})
+
+  const newNode = getByTestId('node')
+  expect(newNode).toHaveTextContent('Foo is: qux. Foobar is: qux-bar')
+})

src/vue-testing-library.js

@@ -47,23 +47,29 @@ function render(
   //   additionalOptions = configurationCb(router)
   // }
 
-  const wrapper = mount(
-    TestComponent,
-    merge({
-      attachTo: container,
-      global: {
-        plugins,
-      },
-      ...mountOptions,
-      // ...additionalOptions,
-    }),
-  )
-
-  // this removes the additional "data-v-app" div node from VTU:
-  // https://github.com./vuejs/vue-test-utils-next/blob/master/src/mount.ts#L196-L213
-  unwrapNode(wrapper.parentElement)
-
-  mountedWrappers.add(wrapper)
+  const mountComponent = (Component, newProps) => {
+    const wrapper = mount(
+      Component,
+      merge({
+        attachTo: container,
+        global: {
+          plugins,
+        },
+        ...mountOptions,
+        props: newProps || mountOptions.props,
+        // ...additionalOptions,
+      }),
+    )
+
+    // this removes the additional "data-v-app" div node from VTU:
+    // https://github.com./vuejs/vue-test-utils-next/blob/master/src/mount.ts#L196-L213
+    unwrapNode(wrapper.parentElement)
+
+    mountedWrappers.add(wrapper)
+    return wrapper
+  }
+
+  let wrapper = mountComponent(TestComponent)
 
   return {
     container,
@@ -73,7 +79,12 @@ function render(
     unmount: () => wrapper.unmount(),
     html: () => wrapper.html(),
     emitted: () => wrapper.emitted(),
-    setProps: props => wrapper.setProps(props),
+    rerender: ({props}) => {
+      wrapper.unmount()
+      mountedWrappers.delete(wrapper)
+
+      wrapper = mountComponent(TestComponent, props)
+    },
     ...getQueriesForElement(baseElement),
   }
 }