# RSpec configuration?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-configuration/192283>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [July 27, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-configuration/192283 "2010-07-27T18:00:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![MrZombie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@MrZombie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/MrZombie)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-configuration/192283/1 "2010-07-27T18:00:41Z")

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Is there anyway to make it so that --color be a default option? Like a  
global ~/.rspecrc file?

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**Author:** ![MrZombie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@MrZombie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/MrZombie)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 6:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-configuration/192283/2 "2010-07-27T18:56:53Z")

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~/.rspec

mine is:  
–color  
–format documentation

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**Author:** ![MrZombie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@MrZombie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/MrZombie)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 7:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-configuration/192283/3 "2010-07-27T19:20:18Z")

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That will sound stupid, but it doesn’t work for me. Any other magic  
step I should take?

On 2010-07-27 12:49:12 -0400, Benoit D. said:

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**Author:** ![MrZombie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@MrZombie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/MrZombie)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 7:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rspec-configuration/192283/4 "2010-07-27T19:30:51Z")

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Meh. I ended up aliasing the command in my bash profile. Thanks anyway  
😛

On 2010-07-27 13:19:13 -0400, MrZombie said: