Project: RSpec Core 2.6

Publisher: RSpec

read command line configuration options from files

RSpec reads command line configuration options from files in two different
locations:

Local: "./.rspec" (i.e. in the project's root directory)
Global: "~/.rspec" (i.e. in the user's home directory)

Options declared in the local file override those in the global file, while
those declared in RSpec.configure will override any ".rspec" file.

Scenarios

color set in .rspec
custom options file
RSpec ignores ./.rspec when custom options file is used
using ERB in .rspec

color set in .rspec

Given

a file named ".rspec" with:

--color

And

a file named "spec/example_spec.rb" with:

describe "color_enabled" do
  context "when set with RSpec.configure" do
    before do
      # color is disabled for non-tty output, so stub the output stream
      # to say it is tty, even though we're running this with cucumber
      RSpec.configuration.output_stream.stub(:tty?) { true }
    end

    it "is true" do
      RSpec.configuration.should be_color_enabled
    end
  end
end

When

I run rspec ./spec/example_spec.rb

Then

the examples should all pass

custom options file

Given

a file named "my.options" with:

--format documentation

And

a file named "spec/example_spec.rb" with:

describe "formatter set in custom options file" do
  it "sets formatter" do
    RSpec.configuration.formatters.first.
      should be_a(RSpec::Core::Formatters::DocumentationFormatter)
  end
end

When

I run rspec spec/example_spec.rb --options my.options

Then

the examples should all pass

RSpec ignores ./.rspec when custom options file is used

Given

a file named "my.options" with:

--format documentation

And

a file named ".rspec" with:

--color

And

a file named "spec/example_spec.rb" with:

describe "custom options file" do
  it "causes .rspec to be ignored" do
    RSpec.configuration.color_enabled.should be_false
  end
end

When

I run rspec spec/example_spec.rb --options my.options

Then

the examples should all pass

using ERB in .rspec

Given

a file named ".rspec" with:

--format <%= true ? 'documentation' : 'progress' %>

And

a file named "spec/example_spec.rb" with:

describe "formatter" do
  it "is set to documentation" do
    RSpec.configuration.formatters.first.should be_an(RSpec::Core::Formatters::DocumentationFormatter)
  end
end

When

I run rspec ./spec/example_spec.rb

Then

the examples should all pass

Last published almost 7 years ago by dchelimsky.

read command line configuration options from files

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