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+http\_redirect\_test
+==================
+
+Makes sure your apache set up is working as you expect it to and check for regressions by running a suite of tests against it just as you would for any web application.
+
+Example
+-------
+
+simply subclass HTTPRedirectTest in your tests and set the domain that you want to test
+
+    require 'http_redirect_test'
+
+    class ExampleComTest < HTTPRedirectTest
+      self.domain =  "example.com"
+      # rest of tests here
+    end
+
+you then have access to a bunch of macros to test various responses from your chosen site.
+
+      should_not_redirect "/index.html"                                   # tests response is a 200OK
+      should_redirect "/blog", :to => "/new/blog", :permanant => true     # tests reponse is a 301 specifically
+      should_redirect "/oldblog", :to => "/new/blog"                      # any kind of 3xx response
+      should_be_gone "/410.html"                                          # explicitly 410Gone
+      should_not_be_found "/404.html"                                     # explicitly 404
+
+
+