Get the build automated, so you that before/after start and stop redis

spec/redis_spec.rb

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/spec_helper'
+require 'redis/raketasks'
 require 'logger'
 
 class Foo
@@ -14,10 +15,16 @@ def ==(other)
 
 describe "redis" do
   before(:all) do
+    result = RedisRunner.start_detached
+    raise("Could not start redis-server, aborting") unless result
+
+    # yea, this sucks, but it seems like sometimes we try to connect too quickly w/o it
+    sleep 1 
+
     # use database 15 for testing so we dont accidentally step on you real data
-    @r = Redis.new :db => 15
+    @r = Redis.new :db => 15 
   end
-
+  
   before(:each) do
     @r['foo'] = 'bar'
   end
@@ -27,7 +34,11 @@ def ==(other)
   end
 
   after(:all) do
-    @r.quit
+    begin
+      @r.quit
+    ensure
+      RedisRunner.stop
+    end
   end
 
   it "should be able connect without a timeout" do

tasks/redis.tasks.rb

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # Inspired by rabbitmq.rake the Redbox project at http://github.com/rick/redbox/tree/master
+require 'rake'
 require 'fileutils'
 require 'open-uri'
 
@@ -27,6 +28,10 @@ def self.start
     exec "dtach -A #{dtach_socket} redis-server #{redisconfdir}"
   end
 
+  def self.start_detached
+    system "dtach -n #{dtach_socket} redis-server #{redisconfdir}"
+  end
+
   def self.attach
     exec "dtach -a #{dtach_socket}"
   end