[rspec-devel] Setting up rspec-rails for dev probelm

[Ben Mabey]

Ben Mabey wrote:
> Ben Mabey wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>> I'm trying to set up my environment so I can make some changes to 
>> rspec-rails.  I have everything setup with rspec-dev and the git 
>> submodules and I can run the entire spec suite.
>> I can also run rspec's specs separately and the example_rails_app specs 
>> separately.  However, when I try to run the specs (via autotest) in 
>> rspec-dev/example_rails_app/vendor/plugins/rspec-rails I get:
>>
>> ############################################################################
>> Your RSpec on Rails plugin is incompatible with your installed RSpec.
>>
>> RSpec          : 20080131122909
>> RSpec on Rails : 20080328014754
>>
>> Make sure your RSpec on Rails plugin is compatible with your RSpec gem.
>> See http://rspec.rubyforge.org/documentation/rails/install.html for details.
>> ############################################################################
>>
>>
>> I realize that the rpsec version is coming from my gem 1.1.3 installed.  
>> Looking at the spec_helper.rb in rpec-rails it looks like it is trying 
>> to include the dev version but... it obviously isn't working for me.
>>
>> What do I need to do get this to work on my box?  Any advice would be 
>> appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Ben
>>
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>
> So, I worked around this by just symlinking my dev version of rspec into 
> the gems dir.  This worked but now all the specs fail with a 
> SQLite3::SQLException.
>
> When you work on rspec-rails how do you run the specs just for that?  I 
> must have something set up wrong...
>
> The first time I tried to run the specs I was told that 
> rspec-dev/example_rails_app/spec/spec_helper didn't exist.  I noticed 
> that this file is being excluded in the repo by .gitignore so I made my 
> own with the 'generate rspec' command.  Do I need something custom in 
> that file to allow me to run the specs in 
> rspec-dev/example_rails_app/vendor/plugins/rspec-rails?
>
> Sorry for all my questions, I'm just having a hard time getting these to 
> run outside of the pre_commit task.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Ben
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Ok... Sorry for spamming the list again, but I found the problem with 
the DB.  I was using the in memory SQLLite and the environment file in 
the example rails file was loading the migrations relative to the app's 
root.  See fix here:

http://github.com/bmabey/rspec-dev/commit/391e5f1145f65e81e7281a369b00fb78f542d405

I still need my symlink hack to get it to run the correct version of 
rspec, but autotest is now working in the rspec-rails dir. :)

-Ben