A console testrunner hack to show big dots for long-running tests

test_helper.rb

require 'test/unit/ui/console/testrunner'
require File.join("#{RAILS_ROOT}/lib", 'patches/testrunner')

testrunner.rb

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
module Test
  module Unit
    module UI
      module Console
        class TestRunner
          def test_started(name)
            @individual_test_start_time = Time.now
            output_single(name + ": ", VERBOSE)
          end
          
          def test_finished(name)
            elapsed_test_time = Time.now - @individual_test_start_time
            char_to_output = elapsed_test_time > 1 ? "☻" : "."
            output_single(char_to_output, PROGRESS_ONLY) unless (@already_outputted)
            nl(VERBOSE)
            @already_outputted = false
          end
        end
      end
    end
  end
end