Rake tasks for running spec files that match a pattern. Developed for the good folks at HowAboutWe.

gistfile1.txt

namespace :spec do
  namespace :units do
    desc "Run unit specs with PATTERN in the spec file name"
    RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new(:selective => "db:test:prepare") do |t|
      t.pattern = FileList["spec/**/*#{ENV['PATTERN']}*_spec.rb"].exclude("spec/integration/**/*_spec.rb")
    end
  end

  namespace :integration do
    desc "Run integration specs with PATTERN in the spec file name"
    RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new(:selective => "db:test:prepare") do |t|
      t.pattern = FileList["spec/integration/**/*#{ENV['PATTERN']}*_spec.rb"]
    end
  end

  desc "Run all specs with PATTERN in the spec file name"
  task :selective => ["spec:units:selective", "spec:integration:selective"]
end