This works for me: require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../test_helper'
I just wish I didn't have to keep editing my test files. It sounds like there still isn't a consensus on a workaround or a fix in the works from the Rails Core. Thanks, Tom On Jun 18, 6:06 pm, Phlip <[email protected]> wrote: > Colin Law wrote: > >> require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../test_helper' > > >> I'm hoping there is a better way? Maybe a fix in edge rails? Anyone > >> have an update? > > > The recommended way of avoiding this issue is to use > > ruby -I test test/unit/whatever.rb > > How to get that inside your rake test script? > > > Apparently putting the dirname in the require can cause all sorts of > > issues that I do not understand and we just have to put up with it. ( > > I don't mean we have to put up with not understanding it). > > require '../foo' and require '../../bar/foo' will both load foo.rb twice. This > is usually not what you want, but it's a simplification in the current require > system. Because all unit tests should run in the same VM, the ones in > different > folders will load test_helper again. > > Won't this fix it? > > $:.unshift File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../' > require 'test_helper' > > Then the second occurrence of require 'test_helper' will not load twice, even > if > (on some dementedly configured system), the require File.dirname(__FILE__) + > '/../test_helper' could have instead loaded a different one. > > -- > Phlip --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
