I have test-unit installed and rspec installed (along with -core, -expectations, -mocks and -rails version 2.6.x). When I run the command rails new foo, it uses test-unit to generate the test stub files instead of rspec.
Is there an option where I can tell rails to use rspec to generate the tests instead?
The following should work:
rails new MYAPP -T # The -T option tells rails not to include Test::Unit
gem 'rspec-rails'
bundle install
rails g rspec:install
generator.rb initializer, this is taken care of by RSpec's railtie. All you need is rspec-rails within the development group of the Gemfile which is enough to require it for the generators. You also don't need to generate the app with -T, you can delete the test dir and it will work.
"rails/test_unit/railtie" commented out in application.rb
rspec-rails gem, it's important to put it under test and development, or the generators won't use RSpec even if you follow the above steps.Create your new rails application as:
rails new <app_name> -T
Or remove your test directory from your existing application:
rm -rf test/
Make an entry in your Gemfile:
gem 'rspec-rails'
From the command line install the gem
$ bundle install
From the command line install rspec into your application:
$ rails g rspec:install
Now your rails application uses RSpec instead of test-unit.
Once you created your rails application with:
rails new <app_name> -T # to exclude Test::Unit
Add the RSpec gem to your Gemfile in the following way:
group :development, :test do
gem "rspec-rails"
end
In Command line write:
bundle install # this will install the missing gems
Now you need to install RSpec by running:
rails generate rspec:install
This will generate the following files:
create .rspec
create spec
create spec/spec_helper.rb
create spec/rails_helper.rb
I strongly recommended to read through all spec_helper and rails_helper comments to get a good understanding of what each option does.
Once everything is set you can run all your tests with:
bundle exec rspec
You can read more about the recommended spec_helper and rails_helper configurations on https://kolosek.com/rails-rspec-setup.
I'm a new developer and I just made a rails flag (-rspec) to address OP's problem. It gets rid of Test::Unit and inserts the rails-rspec gem with a bash script. The script can be modified to help linux developers by automatically adding therubyracer gem or create custom flags and gemsets. (maybe specifically going to that gem line and deleting the comment)
Here's the gist && I hope this helps someone out there. https://gist.github.com/MTen/8310116
There's no native way to do this with the rails CLI. Generate a new project without test-unit:
rails new rails-app --skip-test
And then follow rspec instructions to integrate it into the new Rails app.
