This pre-commit hooks run RSpec before every commit. Put both files inside .git/hooks. Ruby portion of the pre-commit hook. This handles running the spec and analyzing the spec log created. The pre-commit file is a direct port from the source at: https://gist.github.com/zewelor/2834349. It loads RVM and calls the rspec commit hook. For non-RVM u…

pre-commit

#!/bin/sh

# Run the RSPec githook.

if [[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] ; then

  # First try to load from a user install
  source "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm"

elif [[ -s "/usr/local/rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] ; then

  # Then try to load from a root install
  source "/usr/local/rvm/scripts/rvm"

else

  printf "ERROR: An RVM installation was not found.\n"

fi

rvm reload
ruby .git/hooks/pre-commit.rspec.rb

pre-commit.rspec.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

# Run RSpec before any commits
# Adapted from https://gist.github.com/zewelor/2834349

@no_commit_message = "Well, this is awkward...\n"
@no_commit_message = "#{ @no_commit_message }I cannot let you commit these files"
@no_commit_message = "#{ @no_commit_message } because of two reasons:\n"
@no_commit_message = "#{ @no_commit_message }Either you still have pending tests"
@no_commit_message = "#{ @no_commit_message } waiting to be written or worst,"
@no_commit_message = "#{ @no_commit_message } you still have failing tests not yet"
@no_commit_message = "#{ @no_commit_message } fixed.\n"
@no_commit_message = "#{ @no_commit_message }So create or fix those tests first!\n"
@no_commit_message = "#{ @no_commit_message }OR you can run your commit with"
@no_commit_message = "#{ @no_commit_message } the --no-verify option and you can"
@no_commit_message = "#{ @no_commit_message } skip this process."

def run_rspec
  format = "txt".to_sym
  html_path = "tmp/git_hook_spec_results.#{ format }"

  `touch #{ html_path }`

  if `rake -T spec`.empty?
    puts 'Running RSpec'

    `rspec -c -o #{ html_path } spec/ 1> /dev/null 2>/dev/null`
  else
    puts 'Running rake spec'

    `rake spec SPEC_OPTS="-c -o #{ html_path } 1> /dev/null 2>/dev/null"`
  end

  # Check if there are errors found
  results = open(html_path).read
  examples = results.match(/(\d+) examples?/)[0].to_i rescue 0
  failures = results.match(/(\d+) failures?/)[0].to_i rescue 0
  pending = results.match(/(\d+) pending/)[0].to_i rescue 0

  if failures.zero? && pending.zero?
    puts "0 failures... #{ examples } specs ran, #{ pending } pending."
  else
    puts results

    puts @no_commit_message

    exit 1
  end
end

# Run Everything

run_rspec