Set up for Rails and non-Rails specs playing nicely

running.md

You can then execute all specs with:

bundle exec rspec spec

And only run your decoupled tests with:

bundle exec rspec spec --tag ~rails

some_class_spec.rb

require 'spec_helper'

# Note that a symbol is used because the class will not be loaded when run in non-rails mode
# but the spec will still be loaded (but not executed)
describe :SomeClass :rails do
  # this spec needs Rails
end

some_other_class_spec.rb

require 'spec_helper'
require 'some_other_class'
# You should require other dependencies here. This also has the benefit of exposing 
# your dependencies - think about them.

describe SomeOtherClass do
  # this spec does not need Rails
end

spec_helper.rb

Rspec.configure do |config|
  config.treat_symbols_as_metadata_keys_with_true_values = true
  
  if config.filter_manager.exclusions.include?(:rails)
    # Rails not wanted here
    config.filter_run_excluding :rails => true

    # since Rails isn't loaded, you need to include the paths that matter to you for requires
    $:.unshift('./app')

    # more setup for non-Rails tests
  else
    # Rails wanted here
    require File.expand_path("../../config/environment", __FILE__)
    require 'rspec/rails'
  end

  # The following will allow you to use a symbol and still have subject work correctly.
  config.shared_context :rails => :true do
    subject do
      Kernel.const_get(example.metadata[:example_group][:description_args].first).new
    end
  end
end

I can't edit or amend my previous comment.

Here's my (spec/)[https://github.com/Velocitous/blog/tree/master/spec] directory. Mayhaps give me some feedback on the helpers?