On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 11:56 AM, samullen <samul...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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?
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 > > Thank you, > Samuel Mullen > _______________________________________________ > rspec-users mailing list > rspec-users@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users > _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
