Example for https://github.com/rspec/rspec-core/issues/1925

README.md

➜  skip_before_all git:(master) ✗ ruby -v
ruby 2.1.5p273 (2014-11-13 revision 48405) [x86_64-darwin12.0]
➜  skip_before_all git:(master) ✗ bundle install
Using diff-lcs 1.2.5
Using rspec-support 3.2.2
Using rspec-core 3.2.2
Using rspec-expectations 3.2.0
Using rspec-mocks 3.2.1
Using rspec 3.2.0
Using bundler 1.9.0
Bundle complete! 1 Gemfile dependency, 7 gems now installed.
Use `bundle show [gemname]` to see where a bundled gem is installed.
➜  skip_before_all git:(master) ✗ bundle exec rspec .; echo $?
.**

Pending: (Failures listed here are expected and do not affect your
suite's status)

  1) Skip before all
     # because
     # ./skip_before_all_spec.rb:3

  2) Skip before all
     # because
     # ./skip_before_all_spec.rb:4

Finished in 0.00087 seconds (files took 0.0859 seconds to load)
3 examples, 0 failures, 2 pending

1

Gemfile

# A sample Gemfile
source "https://rubygems.org"

gem 'rspec'

Gemfile.lock

GEM
  remote: https://rubygems.org/
  specs:
    diff-lcs (1.2.5)
    rspec (3.2.0)
      rspec-core (~> 3.2.0)
      rspec-expectations (~> 3.2.0)
      rspec-mocks (~> 3.2.0)
    rspec-core (3.2.2)
      rspec-support (~> 3.2.0)
    rspec-expectations (3.2.0)
      diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
      rspec-support (~> 3.2.0)
    rspec-mocks (3.2.1)
      diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
      rspec-support (~> 3.2.0)
    rspec-support (3.2.2)

PLATFORMS
  ruby

DEPENDENCIES
  rspec

normal_spec.rb

RSpec.describe "Normal" do
  it "works" do
    expect(1).to eq(1)
  end
end

skip_before_all_spec.rb

RSpec.describe "Skip before all" do
  before(:all) { skip "because" }
  it { }
  it { }
end