Exclude in multicapabilities is not working

[bboycs]

Bug report

Node Version: 6.4.1
Protractor Version: 4.0.0-alpha.1
Browser(s): MicrosoftEdge/IE11/Firefox/Chrome
Operating System and Version Window 10

• Your protractor configuration file:
  suites: {
  component: 'tests/testfolder/*.spec.js',
  },

multiCapabilities: [
{
browserName: 'chrome',
},
{
browserName: 'firefox',
},
{
browserName: 'MicrosoftEdge',
exclude: ['../tests/testfolder/xtest.spec.js'],
},
{
browserName: 'internet explorer',
exclude: ['../tests/testfolder/xtest.spec.js'],
},
],

It do execute xtest.spec.js during runtime in Edge and IE.

Is there anything that i configure it wrongly ?

[cnishina]

Exclude is not a capability. https://github.com/angular/protractor/blob/master/lib/config.ts#L272-L275

However just a few lines lower it shows:
https://github.com/angular/protractor/blob/master/lib/config.ts#L300-L322

I believe this example is / has always been wrong and should be updated. The easier solution is to just have two configuration files and replace the multicapabilities. Kind of like this: https://github.com/angular/protractor/blob/master/spec/ciNg2Conf.js In this example, we replace the capabilities with multiCapabilities. You could do something similar. Closing this issue in favor of opening a new issue for improved documentation.