guard examples

Gemfile

#Gemfile
group :development do
  gem 'guard'
  gem 'guard-bundler'
  gem 'guard-rspec'
  gem 'guard-annotate'
  gem 'guard-spork'
  #For linux
  #gem 'rb-inotify'
  #gem 'libnotify'
  #for OSX
  #gem 'rb-fsevent'
  #gem 'growl_notify' # or gem 'growl'
  #for Windows
  #gem 'rb-fchange'
  #gem 'rb-notifu'
  #gem 'win32console' #include for console colors
end

Guardfile

#Guardfile

guard 'bundler' do
  watch('Gemfile')
end

guard 'rspec', :version => 2 do
  watch(%r{^spec/.+_spec\.rb$})
  watch(%r{^app/(.+)\.rb$})                           { |m| "spec/#{m[1]}_spec.rb" }
  watch(%r{^lib/(.+)\.rb$})                           { |m| "spec/lib/#{m[1]}_spec.rb" }
  watch(%r{^app/controllers/(.+)_(controller)\.rb$})  { |m| ["spec/routing/#{m[1]}_routing_spec.rb", "spec/#{m[2]}s/#{m[1]}_#{m[2]}_spec.rb", "spec/acceptance/#{m[1]}_spec.rb"] }
  watch(%r{^spec/support/(.+)\.rb$})                  { "spec/" }
  watch('spec/spec_helper.rb')                        { "spec/" }
  watch('config/routes.rb')                           { "spec/routing" }
  watch('app/controllers/application_controller.rb')  { "spec/controllers" }
  # Capybara request specs
  watch(%r{^app/views/(.+)/.*\.(erb|haml)$})          { |m| "spec/requests/#{m[1]}_spec.rb" }
end


guard 'annotate' do
  watch( 'db/schema.rb' )

  # a model file changes
  #watch( 'app/models/**/*.rb' )

  # Uncomment the following line if you are running routes annotation
  # with the ":routes => true" option
  #watch( 'config/routes.rb' )
end

guard 'spork', :cucumber_env => { 'RAILS_ENV' => 'test' }, :rspec_env => { 'RAILS_ENV' => 'test' } 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

Guardfile2

group :frontend do

  guard :bundler do
    watch('Gemfile')
  end

  guard :pow do
    watch('.rvmrc')
    watch(%r{^\.pow(rc|env)$})
    watch('Gemfile.lock')
    watch(%r{^config/.+\.rb$})
  end

  guard :livereload do
    watch(%r{^app/.+\.(erb|haml)})
    watch(%r{^app/helpers/.+\.rb})
    watch(%r{^public/.+\.(css|js|html)})
    watch(%r{^config/locales/.+\.yml})
  end

end

group :backend do

  guard 'spork', :wait => 50 do
    watch('Gemfile')
    watch('Gemfile.lock')
    watch('config/application.rb')
    watch('config/environment.rb')
    watch(%r{^config/environments/.+\.rb})
    watch(%r{^config/initializers/.+\.rb})
    watch('spec/spec_helper.rb')
  end

  guard :rspec, :version => 2, :cli => "--color --drb -r rspec/instafail -f RSpec::Instafail", :bundler => false, :all_after_pass => false, :all_on_start => false, :keep_failed => false do
    watch('spec/spec_helper.rb')                                               { "spec" }
    watch('app/controllers/application_controller.rb')                         { "spec/controllers" }
    watch('config/routes.rb')                                                  { "spec/routing" }
    watch(%r{^spec/support/(requests|controllers|mailers|models)_helpers\.rb}) { |m| "spec/#{m[1]}" }
    watch(%r{^spec/.+_spec\.rb})

    watch(%r{^app/controllers/(.+)_(controller)\.rb})                          { |m| ["spec/routing/#{m[1]}_routing_spec.rb", "spec/#{m[2]}s/#{m[1]}_#{m[2]}_spec.rb", "spec/requests/#{m[1]}_spec.rb"] }

    watch(%r{^app/(.+)\.rb})                                                   { |m| "spec/#{m[1]}_spec.rb" }
    watch(%r{^lib/(.+)\.rb})                                                   { |m| "spec/lib/#{m[1]}_spec.rb" }
  end

end

shell_commands

% guard init
% guard init bundler
% guard init annotate
% guard init spork
% guard init rspec

starting

% bundle exec guard
% bundle exec guard -g frontend
% bundle exec guard -g backend