Guard::RSpec¶ ↑

RSpec guard allows to automatically & intelligently launch specs when files are modified.

• Compatible with RSpec 1.3.x & RSpec 2.0.x

• Tested on Ruby 1.8.7 & 1.9.2.

Install¶ ↑

Please be sure to have guard installed before continue.

Install the gem:

gem install guard-rspec

Add it to your Gemfile (inside test group):

gem 'guard-rspec'

Add guard definition to your Guardfile with:

guard init rspec

Usage¶ ↑

Please read guard usage doc

Guardfile¶ ↑

RSpec guard can be really be adapated to all kind of projects. Please read guard doc for more info about Guardfile DSL.

Standard ruby gems¶ ↑

guard 'rspec' do
  watch('^spec/(.*)_spec.rb')
  watch('^lib/(.*)\.rb')                              { |m| "spec/lib/#{m[1]}_spec.rb" }
  watch('^spec/spec_helper.rb')                       { "spec" }
end

Rails app¶ ↑

guard 'rspec' do
  watch('^spec/(.*)_spec.rb')
  watch('^app/(.*)\.rb')                              { |m| "spec/#{m[1]}_spec.rb" }
  watch('^lib/(.*)\.rb')                              { |m| "spec/lib/#{m[1]}_spec.rb" }
  watch('^spec/spec_helper.rb')                       { "spec" }
  watch('^config/routes.rb')                          { "spec/routing" }
  watch('^app/controllers/application_controller.rb') { "spec/controllers" }
  watch('^spec/factories.rb')                         { "spec/models" }
end

Options¶ ↑

RSpec guard should automatically detect RSpec version (via spec_helper syntax or Bundler) but you can force version with:

guard 'rspec', :version => 2 do
  ...
end

Development¶ ↑

• Source hosted at GitHub

• Report issues/Questions/Feature requests on GitHub Issues

Pull requests are very welcome! Make sure your patches are well tested. Please create a topic branch for every separate change you make.

Authors¶ ↑

Thibaud Guillaume-Gentil