broke a bunch of shit, but no longer need embedded rails app for testing

Gemfile

@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
-source :rubygems
-
-# Specify your gem's dependencies in acts_as_archival.gemspec
+source "https://rubygems.org"
 gemspec

Gemfile.lock

@@ -2,86 +2,47 @@ PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
     acts_as_archival (4.0.0)
-      rails (= 3.0.12)
+      activerecord
 
 GEM
-  remote: http://rubygems.org/
+  remote: https://rubygems.org/
   specs:
-    abstract (1.0.0)
-    actionmailer (3.0.12)
-      actionpack (= 3.0.12)
-      mail (~> 2.2.19)
-    actionpack (3.0.12)
-      activemodel (= 3.0.12)
-      activesupport (= 3.0.12)
-      builder (~> 2.1.2)
-      erubis (~> 2.6.6)
-      i18n (~> 0.5.0)
-      rack (~> 1.2.5)
-      rack-mount (~> 0.6.14)
-      rack-test (~> 0.5.7)
-      tzinfo (~> 0.3.23)
-    activemodel (3.0.12)
-      activesupport (= 3.0.12)
-      builder (~> 2.1.2)
-      i18n (~> 0.5.0)
-    activerecord (3.0.12)
-      activemodel (= 3.0.12)
-      activesupport (= 3.0.12)
-      arel (~> 2.0.10)
-      tzinfo (~> 0.3.23)
-    activeresource (3.0.12)
-      activemodel (= 3.0.12)
-      activesupport (= 3.0.12)
-    activesupport (3.0.12)
-    arel (2.0.10)
+    activemodel (3.2.2)
+      activesupport (= 3.2.2)
+      builder (~> 3.0.0)
+    activerecord (3.2.2)
+      activemodel (= 3.2.2)
+      activesupport (= 3.2.2)
+      arel (~> 3.0.2)
+      tzinfo (~> 0.3.29)
+    activesupport (3.2.2)
+      i18n (~> 0.6)
+      multi_json (~> 1.0)
+    arel (3.0.2)
     assertions-eb (1.7.3)
-    builder (2.1.2)
-    erubis (2.6.6)
-      abstract (>= 1.0.0)
-    i18n (0.5.0)
-    json (1.6.5)
-    mail (2.2.19)
-      activesupport (>= 2.3.6)
-      i18n (>= 0.4.0)
-      mime-types (~> 1.16)
-      treetop (~> 1.4.8)
-    mime-types (1.17.2)
-    mysql2 (0.2.18)
-    polyglot (0.3.3)
-    rack (1.2.5)
-    rack-mount (0.6.14)
-      rack (>= 1.0.0)
-    rack-test (0.5.7)
-      rack (>= 1.0)
-    rails (3.0.12)
-      actionmailer (= 3.0.12)
-      actionpack (= 3.0.12)
-      activerecord (= 3.0.12)
-      activeresource (= 3.0.12)
-      activesupport (= 3.0.12)
-      bundler (~> 1.0)
-      railties (= 3.0.12)
-    railties (3.0.12)
-      actionpack (= 3.0.12)
-      activesupport (= 3.0.12)
-      rake (>= 0.8.7)
-      rdoc (~> 3.4)
-      thor (~> 0.14.4)
+    builder (3.0.0)
+    coderay (1.0.5)
+    highline (1.6.11)
+    i18n (0.6.0)
+    method_source (0.7.1)
+    multi_json (1.1.0)
+    mysql2 (0.3.11)
+    pry (0.9.8.3)
+      coderay (~> 1.0.5)
+      method_source (~> 0.7.1)
+      slop (>= 2.4.4, < 3)
     rake (0.9.2.2)
-    rdoc (3.12)
-      json (~> 1.4)
-    thor (0.14.6)
-    treetop (1.4.10)
-      polyglot
-      polyglot (>= 0.3.1)
+    slop (2.4.4)
     tzinfo (0.3.31)
 
 PLATFORMS
   ruby
 
 DEPENDENCIES
+  activesupport
   acts_as_archival!
   assertions-eb
-  mysql2 (= 0.2.18)
-  rake (= 0.9.2.2)
+  highline
+  mysql2
+  pry
+  rake

Rakefile

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env rake
 require "bundler/gem_tasks"
 require "rake/testtask"
 
@@ -7,6 +8,6 @@ task :default => :test
 desc "Test the acts_as_archival plugin."
 Rake::TestTask.new(:test) do |t|
   t.libs    << "test"
-  t.pattern = "test/*_test.rb"
+  t.pattern = "test/**/*_test.rb"
   t.verbose = true
 end

acts_as_archival.gemspec

@@ -19,13 +19,16 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
 
   gem.files         = `git ls-files`.split("\n")
   gem.test_files    = `git ls-files -- {test,spec,features}/*`.split("\n")
-  gem.executables   = `git ls-files -- bin/*`.split("\n").map{ |f| File.basename(f) }
   gem.require_paths = ["lib"]
 
-  gem.add_dependency "rails", "3.0.12"
+  gem.add_dependency "activerecord"
+
+  gem.add_development_dependency "activesupport"
   gem.add_development_dependency "assertions-eb"
-  gem.add_development_dependency "mysql2", "0.2.18"
-  gem.add_development_dependency "rake", "0.9.2.2"
+  gem.add_development_dependency "rake"
+  gem.add_development_dependency "mysql2"
+  gem.add_development_dependency "highline"
+  gem.add_development_dependency "pry"
 
   gem.description = %q{We had the problem that acts_as_paranoid and similar plugins/gems always work on a record by record basis and made it very difficult to restore records atomically (or archive them, for that matter).
 

test/local_test_helper.rb

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-ActiveRecord::Base.logger = Logger.new(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/debug.log")
-
-load(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/schema.rb") if File.exist?(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/schema.rb")

test/test_helper.rb

@@ -1,23 +1,28 @@
 $:.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../lib')
+require "bundler/setup"
+require "test/unit"
 require "active_record"
+require "assertions"
+require "logger"
+require "pry"
+
 require "acts_as_archival"
 
-ENV["RAILS_ENV"] = "test"
-["aaa_test_app/config/environment", "local_test_helper"].each do |file_to_load|
-  require_relative file_to_load
-end
+database_config = File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/database.yml"
+logfile         = File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/debug.log"
+schema_file     = File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/schema.rb"
+
+dbconfig = YAML.load File.read(database_config)
 
-require 'rails/test_help'
-require 'assertions'
+ActiveRecord::Base.logger = Logger.new(logfile)
+ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(dbconfig)
+load(schema_file) if File.exist?(schema_file)
 
-%w(hole mole muskrat squirrel kitty puppy ship rat orange flea snake beaver tick ixodidae).each do |a|
-  require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/" + a)
+%w(hole mole muskrat squirrel kitty puppy ship rat orange flea snake beaver tick ixodidae).each do |test_class_file|
+  require_relative test_class_file
 end
 
 class ActiveSupport::TestCase
-  self.use_transactional_fixtures = true
-
-  self.use_instantiated_fixtures  = false
-
-  fixtures :all
+  use_transactional_fixtures = true
+  use_instantiated_fixtures  = false
 end