Guard::Spork¶ ↑

Guard::Spork allows to automatically & intelligently start/reload your RSpec/Cucumber Spork server(s).

• Compatible with Spork 0.8.4 & 0.9.0.rc3.

• 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-spork

Add it to your Gemfile (inside test group):

gem 'guard-spork'

Add guard definition to your Guardfile with:

guard init spork

Usage¶ ↑

Please read Guard usage doc.

Guardfile¶ ↑

Please read Guard doc for more info about the Guardfile DSL.

IMPORTANT: place Spork guard before RSpec/Cucumber guards!

Rails app¶ ↑

guard 'spork' do
  watch('config/application.rb')
  watch('config/environment.rb')
  watch(%r{^config/environments/.*\.rb$})
  watch(%r{^config/initializers/.*\.rb$})
  watch('spec/spec_helper.rb')
end

Running specs over Spork¶ ↑

Pass the :cli => "--drb" option to Guard::RSpec and/or Guard::Cucumber to run them over the Spork DRb server:

guard 'rspec', :cli => "--drb" do
  ...
end

guard 'cucumber', :cli => "--drb" do
  ...
end

Options¶ ↑

Guard::Spork automatically detect RSpec/Cucumber/Bundler presence but you can disable any of them with the corresponding options:

guard 'spork', :cucumber => false, :bundler => false do
  ...
end

To append additional environment variables for rspec and cucumber you can provided a hash to rspec_env/cucumber_env:

guard 'spork', :cucumber_env => {'RAILS_ENV' => 'cucumber'}, :rspec_env => {'RAILS_ENV' => 'test'} do
  ...
end

IMPORTANT: when using ruby 1.8.x please set the env for both rspec and cucumber as they will overwrite each other and the system env’s

Available options:

:wait => 30            # Seconds to wait for the server to starts, default: 20
:cucumber => false
:rspec => false
:bundler => false      # Don't use "bundle exec"
:rspec_port => 1234    # Default: 8989
:cucumber_port => 4321 # Default: 8990
:rspec_env
:cucumber_env

Common troubleshooting¶ ↑

If you can start Spork manually but get the following error message when using Guard::Spork:

Starting Spork for RSpec ERROR: Could not start Spork for RSpec/Cucumber. Make sure you can use it manually first.

Try to increase the value of the :wait option before any further investigation.

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¶ ↑

Thibaud Guillaume-Gentil