Spec_helper getting reloaded after specs run under Textmate/Spork

Testing RSpec
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I’m having the hardest time trying to figure out something weird I’ve
suddenly run into. So I’m using Spork to run my specs. Naturally I’ve
got TM_RSPEC_OPTS in Textmate set to --drb and I’m running spork from
the command line to fire up the Spork server. However, if I have a spec
file open in Textmate and I press Command-R, then the specs in the file
get executed twice. I did a quick test by having spec_helper print out
something at the bottom of the file and then wrote up a quick
one-example spec file. When I ran it, I saw the spinner spin, the debug
line got printed to the window, the output from the specs appeared, and
then the spinner spun some more and the debug line appeared again (but a
duplicate set of specs didn’t appear because I think RSpec’s smart about
not re-running tests). So it definitely looks like spec_helper is
getting loaded again, after all the specs are run. (I know spec_helper
should be run twice, once during preloading, once during execution. But
not again, AFTER execution.)

At first I thought it might be only specific to my project, but I tried
creating a fresh Rails project, installing RSpec into it, and creating
and running a quick spec file, but the same thing happened –
spec_helper seems to get loaded again. I also tried wiping and
reinstalling the rspec, rspec-rails, and spork gems, but that didn’t
work either.

Just to emphasize, this is only when Spork is running. If I leave
TM_RSPEC_OPTS at --drb but fail to leave the Spork server open, the
specs only get run once as they should.

Also, this is only for Textmate – I’ve got --drb in my spec.opts and
rake spec works just fine when Spork is running.

So I really don’t know who the culprit is: Spork, RSpec bundle, or maybe
it’s just me. I noticed in Lighthouse a few people have had this same
problem, but those were a while back and anyway this seems to be
different.

David, can you think of a reason why something like this would be
happening? Exit status maybe? Or maybe this is more of a Spork question.

– Elliot

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Thought I should mention I’m fully updated to TextMate 1.5.9 and I’m
also on Leopard.

I tried wiping out my TextMate bundles and re-installing TextMate, but
I’m still seeing the problem, both in my project and a fresh project.
Going to try a previous version of TextMate next, and then another
computer…

– Elliot

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On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 12:28 AM, Elliot W.
[email protected]wrote:

appear because I think RSpec’s smart about not re-running tests). So it
Just to emphasize, this is only when Spork is running. If I leave
David, can you think of a reason why something like this would be
happening? Exit status maybe? Or maybe this is more of a Spork question.

Sounds like a spork question to me :slight_smile: I was able to duplicate your
experience, but I don’t have any initial thoughts about why this would
be
happening.

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David C. wrote:

Command-R, then the specs in the file get executed twice. I did a


question.

Sounds like a spork question to me :slight_smile: I was able to duplicate your
experience, but I don’t have any initial thoughts about why this would
be happening.

Hmm… I can’t think of why this would happen either. Tim H. is a
textmate user so if you post this question to the spork mailing list he
could probably help you. (Spork ML:
http://groups.google.com/group/sporkgem)

-Ben

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Great, I’m glad it’s not just me :slight_smile: I’ll ask there.

– Elliot