Background feature for Cucumber

background.feature

Feature: Backgrounds
  In order to provide a context to my scenarios within a feature
  As a feature editor
  I want to write a background section in my features.
  
  Scenario: run a scenario with a background with a passing step
    When I run cucumber -q features/passing_background_sample.feature:6
    Then it should pass with
    """
    Feature: sample
      
      Background:
        Given '10' cukes
      
      Scenario: passing background
        Then I have '10' cukes

    1 scenario
    1 step passed
    """

  Scenario: run a scenario with a background with a failing step
    When I run cucumber -q features/failing_background_sample.feature:6
    Then it should fail with
    """
    Feature: sample
    
      Background:
        Given -1 cukes
          FAIL (RuntimeError)
          ./features/step_definitions/sample_steps.rb:7:in `Given /^'(.+)' cukes$/'
          features/sample.feature:12:in `Given -1 cukes'
        

      Scenario: failing background
        FAIL (RuntimeError)
          ./features/step_definitions/sample_steps.rb:7:in `Given /^'(.+)' cukes$/'
        features/sample.feature:12:in `Given -1 cukes'
        Then I have '10' cukes

    1 scenario
    1 step failed
    """
    
  Scenario: run a scenario showing explicit background steps --explicit-background
    When I run cucumber -q features/passing_background_sample.feature:6 --explicit-background
    Then it should pass with
    """
    Feature: sample

      Background:
        Given '10' cukes

      Scenario: passing
        (Given '10' cukes)
        Then I have '10' cukes

    1 scenario
    1 step passed
    """

failing_background_sample.feature

Feature: sample
  
  Background:
    Given '-1' cukes
    
  Scenario: failing background
    Then I have '10' cukes    

passing_background_sample.feature

Feature: sample
  
  Background:
    Given '10' cukes
    
  Scenario: passing background
    Then I have '10' cukes