rspec not detected in some projects
One of my projects does not detect rspec when I use require "spec_helper" in my spec files, but does detect rspec if I require "spec/spec_helper", which causes all my specs to fail. The end result is that I cannot run individual spec files or individual ("focused") examples within RubyMine.
Other projects do not have this problem. More details:
- Running the spec rake task works fine.
- Running cucumber features via right-click/CMD+OPT+F8 works fine.
- Failing project is Ruby 1.9.2-p136, Rspec 2.5.0
- Succeeding project is Ruby 1.8.7, Rspec 2.5.0
Please see the screenshots for more details. Any pointers would greatly appreciated!
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Fixed! This was really weird.
We found that the Rspec detection/right-click-to-run button would disappear when required spec_helper.
We are using the cancan gem, which includes a matchers.rb file with Rspec matchers. spec_helper.rb was requiring this helper.
# spec/spec_helper.rb
ENV["RAILS_ENV"] ||= 'test'
require File.expand_path("../../config/environment", __FILE__)
require 'rspec/rails'
require 'cancan/matchers ## line of death
...
cancan/matchers looks like this:
# cancan-1.5.1/lib/cancan/matchers.rb
RSpec = Spec unless defined? RSpec # for RSpec 1 compatability ## line of death!!
RSpec::Matchers.define :be_able_to do |*args|
...
end
Removing the highlighted fixes RSpec running.
Interestingly, we do not need require cancan/matchers anyway.
-- Joe