Allow to skip coverage by running SKIP_COV=true bundle exec rake

spec/spec_helper.rb

@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ def setup_environment
   # This file is copied to ~/spec when you run 'rails generate rspec'
   # from the project root directory.
   ENV["RAILS_ENV"] ||= 'test'
-  setup_simplecov if defined?(SimpleCov) # simplecov should be loaded _before_ models, controllers, etc are loaded.
+
+  # simplecov should be loaded _before_ models, controllers, etc are loaded.
+  setup_simplecov unless ENV["SKIP_COV"] || !defined?(SimpleCov)
+
   require File.expand_path("../../config/environment", __FILE__)
   require 'rspec/rails'
 

testing/spec/spec_helper.rb

@@ -10,18 +10,20 @@ def setup_simplecov
     Dir[File.expand_path('../../**/*.gemspec')].map{|g| g.split('/')[-2]}.each do |dir|
       add_group dir.capitalize, "#{dir}/"
     end
-    add_filter "/testing/"
-    add_filter "/config/"
-    add_filter "/spec/"
-    add_filter "/vendor/"
+    %w(testing config spec vendor).each do |filter|
+      add_filter "/#{filter}/"
+    end
   end
 end
 
 def setup_environment
   # This file is copied to ~/spec when you run 'rails generate rspec'
   # from the project root directory.
   ENV["RAILS_ENV"] ||= 'test'
-  setup_simplecov if defined?(SimpleCov) # simplecov should be loaded _before_ models, controllers, etc are loaded.
+
+  # simplecov should be loaded _before_ models, controllers, etc are loaded.
+  setup_simplecov unless ENV["SKIP_COV"] || !defined?(SimpleCov)
+
   require File.expand_path("../../config/environment", __FILE__)
   require 'rspec/rails'
 
@@ -44,8 +46,6 @@ def setup_environment
     # config.mock_with :rr
     config.mock_with :rspec
 
-    config.fixture_path = ::Rails.root.join('spec', 'fixtures').to_s
-
     # If you're not using ActiveRecord, or you'd prefer not to run each of your
     # examples within a transaction, comment the following line or assign false
     # instead of true.