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+import { config, mount, createLocalVue } from '@vue/test-utils'
+import CommentList from '.'
+import Empty from '~/components/Empty'
+import Vue from 'vue'
+import Vuex from 'vuex'
+import Filters from '~/plugins/vue-filters'
+import Styleguide from '@human-connection/styleguide'
+
+const localVue = createLocalVue()
+
+localVue.use(Styleguide)
+localVue.use(Vuex)
+localVue.filter('truncate', string => string)
+
+config.stubs['v-popover'] = '<span><slot /></span>'
+config.stubs['nuxt-link'] = '<span><slot /></span>'
+config.stubs['no-ssr'] = '<span><slot /></span>'
+
+describe('CommentList.vue', () => {
+  let mocks
+  let store
+  let wrapper
+  let propsData
+
+  propsData = {
+    post: { id: 1 }
+  }
+  store = new Vuex.Store({
+    getters: {
+      'auth/user': () => {
+        return {}
+      }
+    }
+  })
+  mocks = {
+    $t: jest.fn()
+  }
+
+  describe('shallowMount', () => {
+    const Wrapper = () => {
+      return mount(CommentList, { store, mocks, localVue, propsData })
+    }
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      wrapper = Wrapper()
+      wrapper.setData({
+        comments: [{ id: 'c1', contentExcerpt: 'this is a comment' }]
+      })
+    })
+
+    it('displays a comments counter', () => {
+      expect(wrapper.find('span.ds-tag').text()).toEqual('1')
+    })
+
+    it('displays comments when there are comments to display', () => {
+      expect(wrapper.find('div#comments').text()).toEqual('this is a comment')
+    })
+
+    it('displays a message icon when there are no comments to display', () => {
+      wrapper.setData({ comments: [] })
+      expect(wrapper.findAll(Empty)).toHaveLength(1)
+    })
+  })
+})