Guard::Minitest¶ ↑

Minitest guard allows to automatically & intelligently launch tests with minitest framework when files are modified.

• Compatible with MiniTest 1.7.x & 2.x

• Tested on Ruby 1.8.6, 1.8.7 & 1.9.2.

Install¶ ↑

Please be sure to have guard installed before continue.

Install the gem:

gem install guard-minitest

Add it to your Gemfile (inside test group):

gem 'guard-minitest'

Add guard definition to your Guardfile by running this command:

guard init minitest

Usage¶ ↑

Please read guard usage doc

Guardfile¶ ↑

Minitest guard can be really be adapated to all kind of projects. Please read guard doc for more info about Guardfile DSL.

Standard ruby gems with Minitest::Unit¶ ↑

guard 'minitest' do
  watch(%r|^test/test_(.*)\.rb|)
  watch(%r|^lib/(.*)([^/]+)\.rb|)     { |m| "test/#{m[1]}test_#{m[2]}.rb" }
  watch(%r|^test/test_helper\.rb|)    { "test" }
end

Standard ruby gems with Minitest::Spec¶ ↑

guard 'minitest' do
  watch(%r|^spec/(.*)_spec\.rb|)
  watch(%r|^lib/(.*)\.rb|)            { |m| "spec/#{m[1]}_spec.rb" }
  watch(%r|^spec/spec_helper\.rb|)    { "spec" }
end

Options¶ ↑

You can force minitest seed with:

guard 'minitest', :seed => 12345 do
  ...
end

You can set minitest verbose mode with:

guard 'minitest', :verbose => true do
  ...
end

You can disable desktop notification with:

guard 'minitest', :notify => false do
  ...
end

You can disable bundler usage to run minitest with:

guard 'minitest', :bundler => false do
  ...
end

You can enable rubygems usage to run minitest (only if bundler is not present or disabale) with:

guard 'minitest', :rubygems => true do
  ...
end

If you use spork-testunit you can enable it with (you’ll have to load it before):

guard 'minitest', :drb => true do
  ...
end

Development¶ ↑

• Source hosted at GitHub

• Report issues/Questions/Feature requests on GitHub Issues

Pull requests are very welcome! Make sure your patches are well tested. Please create a topic branch for every separate change you make.

Authors¶ ↑

Yann Lugrin