This is a completely bare-bones Rails app that serves one single purpose:

Test that Cucumber works with Ruby on Rails

Here is how:

git clone git://github.com/aslakhellesoy/cucumber_rails.git
cd cucumber_rails
git submodule init
git submodule update

# Get the most recent Cucumber - the submodule def might point to an older version
pushd vendor/plugins/cucumber
git checkout master
git pull origin master
popd

# Install gems
sudo gem install webrat rspec rspec-rails

# See available tasks
rake -T cucumber

# Test with e.g Rails 2.2.2 - this will checkout the tagged rails version
rake cucumber_test:v2.2.2:test

If it’s green, everything is OK. If not, you should see red.

Adding new features

The cucumber_test:* tasks will REVERT ALL LOCAL CHANGES when run. Therefore, if you’re modifying things, I recommend you don’t run this task, but rake features instead. Then MAKE SURE YOU ADD AND COMMIT the files you changed before you run any of the cucumber_test:* tasks again. Make sure you don’t add too much. The files that are generated should not be added to Git.