Pundit tests with MiniTest (http://www.reddit.com/r/rails/comments/21hbm1/efficiently_testing_role_based_pundit_policies/)

test_helper.rb

class PolicyTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
  def assert_permissions(current_user, record, available_actions, permissions_hash = {})
    permissions_hash.each do |action, should_be_permitted|
      if should_be_permitted
        assert_permit current_user, record, action
      else
        refute_permit current_user, record, action
      end
    end

    # Make sure all available actions were tested
    unused_actions = @available_actions - permissions_hash.keys
    assert unused_actions.empty?, "The following actions were not tested: #{ unused_actions }"

    # Make sure tested actions were in available_actions
    unavailable_actions = permissions_hash.keys - @available_actions
    assert unavailable_actions.empty?, "The following actions were tested, but not in available_actions: #{ unavailable_actions }"
  end

  def assert_permit(current_user, record, action)
    assert permit(current_user, record, action), "User #{ current_user } should be permitted #{ action } on #{ record }, but isn't permitted"
  end

  def refute_permit(current_user, record, action)
    refute permit(current_user, record, action), "User #{ current_user } should NOT be permitted #{ action } on #{ record }, but is permitted"
  end

  def permit(current_user, record, action)
    self.class.to_s.gsub(/Test/, "").constantize.new(current_user, record).public_send("#{ action.to_s }?")
  end
end

user_policy_test.rb

require "test_helper"

class UserPolicyTest < PolicyTest
  before do
    @user = create(:user)
    @available_actions = [:index, :new, :create, :edit, :update, :edit_organization]
  end 
    
  test "admin user" do
    assert_permissions(create(:admin), @user, @available_actions,
                       create: true,
                       index: true, 
                       new: true,
                       edit: true,
                       update: true,
                       edit_organization: true)
  end

  test "user on his own record" do
    assert_permissions(@user, @user, @available_actions,
                       create: true,
                       index: true, 
                       new: true,
                       edit: true,
                       update: true,
                       edit_organization: false)
  end

  # non logged in user, user on foreign record, organization admin user, etc.
end