Using the -e option from the command line, you can also specify a string which is to be run, this is a way to run only one describe block, or one it block. The rake task method suggested by Edvard is the other option
On Mar 10, 2008, at 5:42 AM, Edvard Majakari wrote: >> The idea is that you can specify that certain tests exist in groups, >> and can be run as a set. You can define groups and groups of groups, >> and so you can run a set of functional tests or all the tests dealing >> with a specific feature without running through the entire thing. >> It's kinda like an rspec pattern, but more flexible. > > Might not be of help, but my problem was a tad similar when I used > test/spec (rspecish test/unit wrapper). > I had five types of test tasks in my Rakefile: test:units, > test:functionals, test:integration, test:libs and test:helpers. The > integration and lib tests took the most of the time, so I created > custom tasks test:all_but_integration (quite self-explanatory, no?) > and test:webserver, which ran everything else except test:libs. The > way I did it was that test:all_but_integration just > depended on the tasks test:units, tests:functionals etc. > > So, if you want grouping inside features in a single test suite, this > won't help, but for me, being able to control which (whole) files were > run with Rake was sufficient for me. The whole suite took something > like 15 minutes, but we had thousands of tests and when we started, we > didn't use that much mock objects. > > That said, I have never needed nor wished the ability to combine test > suites using test/spec or rspec. Being able to choose which > contexts/describes or individual specs will be run has been more than > sufficient to me, but of course, YNMDFTOM. > > -- > "One day, when he was naughty, Mr Bunnsy looked over the hedge into > Farmer Fred's field and it was full of fresh green lettuces. Mr > Bunnsy, however, was not full of lettuces. This did not seem fair." > -- Terry Pratchett, Mr. Bunnsy Has An Adventure > _______________________________________________ > rspec-users mailing list > rspec-users@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users James Deville http://devillecompanies.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] rspec r3172 rspec_on_rails r3172 rails r8331 _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
