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I've used autotest in other project on my machine. I'm now doing a small ruby project that uses rspec.

I can run the tests with rspec spec and they all run.

I've added 'autotest' to my Gemfile and I've bundle'd.
I can run autotest but it doesn't run my rspec tests in spec/

I've added empty .rspec and .autotest files.
I've tried both the autotest and the autotest-standalone gems.
I've reviewed all the info at http://ph7spot.com/musings/getting-started-with-autotest#troubleshooting_autotest_test_detection which was helpful but didn't solve my question.

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    If you want to share something you noticed useful, you could write blog on those... Commented Apr 5, 2014 at 11:30
  • Good idea. I may do that. I usually post to SO first and primarily for greatest reach to help others who may have such a problem. I rely on SO for all the helpful infrastructure it provides. Commented Apr 5, 2014 at 11:33

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Turns out I needed (and didn't have)

gem 'rspec'

in my Gemfile (and then bundle of course)

I hadn't realized this because with rspec on my machine from other projects and thus the ability to do rspec spec 'manually', I didn't realize that I needed to list the gem explicitly i.e. in the Gemfile.

I also verified that:

  • I DO need the .rspec file It's OK if it's empty but it needs to exist.
    It can be created with touch .rspec on *nix.
  • I do NOT require a .autotest file.
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as a general rule I think it is advisable to call rspec within bundle exec rspec to make sure your Gemfile contains the right gems.

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