Set ActiveSupport::TestCase as the base class for ExampleGroups. This

ensures that config.include MyModule includes MyModule in all example
group types.

lib/spec/rails.rb

@@ -19,3 +19,10 @@
 require 'spec/rails/example'
 require 'spec/rails/extensions'
 require 'spec/rails/interop/testcase'
+
+Spec::Example::ExampleGroupFactory.default(ActiveSupport::TestCase)
+
+if ActionView::Base.respond_to?(:cache_template_extension)
+  ActionView::Base.cache_template_extensions = false
+end
+

lib/spec/rails/example.rb

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 require 'spec/rails/example/assigns_hash_proxy'
 require "spec/rails/example/render_observer"
-require "spec/rails/example/rails_example_group"
 require "spec/rails/example/model_example_group"
 require "spec/rails/example/functional_example_group"
 require "spec/rails/example/controller_example_group"

lib/spec/rails/example/model_example_group.rb

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ module Example
       # Model examples use Spec::Rails::Example::ModelExampleGroup, which
       # provides support for fixtures and some custom expectations via extensions
       # to ActiveRecord::Base.
-      class ModelExampleGroup < RailsExampleGroup
+      class ModelExampleGroup < ActiveSupport::TestCase
         Spec::Example::ExampleGroupFactory.register(:model, self)
       end
     end

spec/spec/rails/example/controller_example_group_spec.rb

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
     controller_name :controller_spec
     integrate_views if mode == 'integration'
 
+    accesses_configured_helper_methods
+
     it "should use the controller as the implicit subject" do
       subject.should == controller
     end

spec/spec/rails/example/example_group_factory_spec.rb

@@ -24,21 +24,21 @@ module Example
         example_group.superclass.should == Spec::Rails::Example::ModelExampleGroup
       end
 
-      it "should return a RailsExampleGroup when given :spec_path => '/blah/spec/foo/' (anything other than controllers, views and helpers)" do
+      it "should return an ActiveSupport::TestCase when given :spec_path => '/blah/spec/foo/' (anything other than controllers, views and helpers)" do
         example_group = Spec::Example::ExampleGroupFactory.create_example_group(
           "name", :spec_path => '/blah/spec/foo/blah.rb'
         ) {}
-        example_group.superclass.should == Spec::Rails::Example::RailsExampleGroup
+        example_group.superclass.should == ActiveSupport::TestCase
       end
 
-      it "should return a RailsExampleGroup when given :spec_path => '\\blah\\spec\\foo\\' (windows format)  (anything other than controllers, views and helpers)" do
+      it "should return an ActiveSupport::TestCase when given :spec_path => '\\blah\\spec\\foo\\' (windows format)  (anything other than controllers, views and helpers)" do
         example_group = Spec::Example::ExampleGroupFactory.create_example_group(
           "name", :spec_path => '\\blah\\spec\\foo\\blah.rb'
         ) {}
-        example_group.superclass.should == Spec::Rails::Example::RailsExampleGroup
+        example_group.superclass.should == ActiveSupport::TestCase
       end
 
-      it "should return a ViewExampleGroup when given :type => :model" do
+      it "should return a ViewExampleGroup when given :type => :view" do
         example_group = Spec::Example::ExampleGroupFactory.create_example_group(
           "name", :type => :view
         ) {}

spec/spec/rails/example/helper_example_group_spec.rb

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ module Example
       describe HelperExampleGroup, :type => :helper do
         helper_name :explicit
 
+        accesses_configured_helper_methods
+
         it "DEPRECATED should have direct access to methods defined in helpers" do
           method_in_explicit_helper.should =~ /text from a method/
         end

spec/spec/rails/example/model_example_group_spec.rb

@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ module Spec
   module Rails
     module Example
       describe ModelExampleGroup do
-        it "should clear its name from the description" do
+        accesses_configured_helper_methods
+
+        it "clears its name from the description" do
           group = describe("foo", :type => :model) do
             $nested_group = describe("bar") do
             end

spec/spec/rails/example/view_example_group_spec.rb

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
   before(:each) do
     render "view_spec/implicit_helper"
   end
+
+  accesses_configured_helper_methods
 
   it "should include the helper" do
     response.should have_tag('div', :content => "This is text from a method in the ViewSpecHelper")

spec/spec_helper.rb

@@ -58,3 +58,21 @@ def should_pass
   map.connect ":controller/:action/:id"
 end
 
+module HelperMethods
+  def method_in_module_included_in_configuration
+  end
+end
+
+module HelperMacros
+  def accesses_configured_helper_methods
+    it "has access to methods in modules included in configuration" do
+      method_in_module_included_in_configuration
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+Spec::Runner.configure do |config|
+  config.include HelperMethods
+  config.extend HelperMacros
+end
+