Setting up autotest (with ZenTest versions prior to 3.6.0)Edit

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These are an older version of the notes on setting up autotest. They apply to versions of ZenTest prior to ZenTest 3.6.0.

Install autotest

# installation
sudo gem install ZenTest

# update fast documentation index
fastri-server -b

Set up a project for use with autotest

Prior to ZenTest 3.5.0

Add rspec_autotest.rb to your spec directory:

cd spec
svn export http://svn.caldersphere.net/svn/main/rspec_autotest/trunk/lib/rspec_autotest.rb
cd ..

Add the following to your Rakefile:

namespace :spec do
  task :autotest do
    require './spec/rspec_autotest'
    RspecAutotest.run
  end
end

Start the autotest:

rake spec:autotest

Or if you really want a Rake task for the job, add this to the Rakefile:

namespace :spec do
  task :autotest do
    system 'autotest'
  end
end

And start using:

rake spec:autotest

ZenTest 3.5.0 or later

As above but export rspec_autotest.rb one level higher (not inside the directory):

svn export http://svn.caldersphere.net/svn/main/rspec_autotest/trunk/lib/rspec_autotest.rb

No modifications are necessary to the Rakefile. You can start autotest using:

autotest

Tweaks

Exactly the same tweak mentioned in "Using autotest with Rails" is necessary here. In rspec_autotest.rb an -s switch is passed to the spec tool, but as of RSpec version that switch has been replaced with -e.

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