On Sep 16, 2010, at 8:24 PM, Ed Howland wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 7:15 AM, Phillip Koebbe <phillipkoe...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> David Chelimsky wrote:
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 12:13 AM, Mike Sassak<msas...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 10:17 PM, Phillip Koebbe
>>>> <phillipkoe...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> When I do
>>>>>
>>>>> script/spec -c -f n spec/models/**/*_spec.rb
>>>>>
>>>>> I get
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.3.0/lib/spec/runner/options.rb:283:in
>>>>> `files_to_load': File or directory not found: spec/models/**/*_spec.rb
>>>>> (RuntimeError)
>>>>>
>>>>> Yet, if I go into irb and do
>>>>>
>>>>> Dir.glob('spec/models/**/*_spec.rb')
>>>>>
>>>>> I get
>>>>>
>>>>> ["spec/models/county_spec.rb", "spec/models/county_user_spec.rb",
>>>>> "spec/models/message_county_spec.rb", "spec/models/message_spec.rb",
>>>>> "spec/models/message_user_spec.rb", "spec/models/postman_spec.rb",
>>>>> "spec/models/user_spec.rb"]
>>>>>
>>>>> Does spec not glob? I'm working on a wrapper script and I'd like to be
>>>>> able
>>>>> to run all specs of a given type (controller, model, view) by passing a
>>>>> single switch (-c, -m, -v). It works when I have subdirectories (as I do
>>>>> with controllers), but it isn't working when I don't (as with models).
>>>>> The
>>>>> fact that glob picks up the files properly got me wondering, so I
>>>>> thought
>>>>> I'd ask.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> When running script/spec from the CLI the globbing rules will depend
>>>> on the shell. Try searching Google for "bash globbing" (or whatever
>>>> shell you're using). But if all you need is to run all the model
>>>> specs, you could use "rake spec:models". That works well for me.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Or just "script/spec spec/models"
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Thanks for the replies. It's not as simple as I just want to spec all
>> models. As I mentioned, I'm writing a wrapper script to automate some things
>> that I repeatedly find myself doing or wanting to do. I am trying to do a
>> very simple **/* pattern when I don't pass a pattern as an argument. I don't
>> really want to have a conditional that says
>>
>> rake spec:models unless pattern
>>
>> when the rest of my code actually calls script/spec. David's suggestion
>> might work though. Right now, I do
>>
>> file = ARGV.at(0) if ARGV.size > 0
>> file = '**/*' unless file
>> <some logic to determine what type of spec to run, which defines
>> filename_partial>
>> spec_path = "#{spec_path}/#{file}#{filename_partial}.rb"
>>
>> file can be "user", "admin/message", "admin/*", "*/message", or whatever I
>> need it to be. That's why I'm looking for the easiest way to run all of a
>> given type. Eventually I'm going to add support for ~, like with Cucumber
>> tags, except for specs. I did this in a wrapper for Cucumber features and it
>> is working out well for me.
>>
>> I'll keep kicking it around. I'm confident a reasonable solution is not far
>> off.
>>
>> Peace,
>> Phillip
> Phillip, any updates on your efforts?
>
> I am keenly interested in a Cucumber tags like facility for RSpec
FYI - there is an open issue on this:
http://github.com/rspec/rspec-core/issues#issue/37
I'm planning to add this to 2.1, but likely not before, as I don't view it as
crucial to a 2.0 release, but I do view it as something we need to take some
time working on to get right.
Cheers,
David
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