Calling script/spec from directories other than RAILS_ROOT

Testing RSpec
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I’ve written a simple shell function which, depending on where it is
called, will ascend the directory tree until it finds ./script/spec
or, failing that, the spec first found in $PATH. What I’m running into
is that although my tests pass when I call script/spec from
RAILS_ROOT, they do not pass when it’s called from any other location.
This happens regardless of whether I use my function or call spec
directly.

Examples:
from RAILS_ROOT -
script/spec spec/controllers/actors_controller_spec.rb # Passes

from /home/fooman/rails_project/spec/controllers -
/home/fooman/rails_project/script/spec actors_controller_spec.rb #
FAILS because it can’t find ‘request’

What do I need to do to run spec for a rails project in a directory
other than RAILS_ROOT?

Thank you,
Samuel Mullen

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On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 11:56 AM, samullen [email protected] wrote:

script/spec spec/controllers/actors_controller_spec.rb # Passes

from /home/fooman/rails_project/spec/controllers -
/home/fooman/rails_project/script/spec actors_controller_spec.rb #
FAILS because it can’t find ‘request’

What do I need to do to run spec for a rails project in a directory
other than RAILS_ROOT?

  1. add :type => controller, :type => view, etc so RSpec knows what
    kind of example group to load
    1.a. if you’re using rspec-2, you’ll have to include the correct module
    instead
  2. use absolute paths to require spec_helper

Personally, I’d just keep running the specs from the project root.

HTH,
David