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Created by: teddywing

This gem allows RSpec to be used with the Spring preloader, eliminating the Rails startup time when running tests. Was getting really annoyed at the 10-second startup times every time I wanted to run any tests.

Here's a sample comparison running a single test file:

Before:

rspec spec/models/chouette/vehicle_journey_at_stops_day_offset_spec.rb
Run options:
  include {:wip=>true}
  exclude {:js=>true, :meta=>true}

All examples were filtered out; ignoring {:wip=>true}
...

Finished in 2.01 seconds (files took 9.41 seconds to load)
3 examples, 0 failures

---

After:

spring rspec spec/models/chouette/vehicle_journey_at_stops_day_offset_spec.rb
Running via Spring preloader in process 45340
Run options:
  include {:wip=>true}
  exclude {:js=>true, :meta=>true}

All examples were filtered out; ignoring {:wip=>true}
...

Finished in 2 seconds (files took 0.76843 seconds to load)
3 examples, 0 failures

When doing TDD this is a huge workflow improvement.

Since the /bin/ directory is ignored by .gitignore, you'll have to generate the binstub manually to get this working:

$ bundle exec spring binstub rspec
$ git checkout bin/spring  # since this file is in the repo but is
$                          # also in .gitignore so shouldn't be
$                          # committed.
$ bundle exec spring rspec  # enjoy!

To use with rspec.vim, add this to your Vim config:

let g:rspec_command = "!bundle exec spring rspec {spec}"