Configure RSpec to allow the --only-failures CLI option #379

lfdebrux · 2023-12-05T10:56:47Z

What problem does this pull request solve?

The --only-failures and --next-failure options in RSpec make it much quicker to re-run tests that have failed, however they need the example_status_persistence_file_path configuration to be set [1].

This commit tells RSpec to save a file examples.txt into the a new folder in the Rails app's tmp folder; this seems like as good a place as any, as it's already ignored by git and docker, and is clearly named.

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The `--only-failures` and `--next-failure` options in RSpec make it much quicker to re-run tests that have failed, however they need the `example_status_persistence_file_path` configuration to be set [[1]]. This commit tells RSpec to save a file `examples.txt` into the a new folder in the Rails app's `tmp` folder; this seems like as good a place as any, as it's already ignored by git and docker, and is clearly named. [1]: https://rspec.info/features/3-12/rspec-core/command-line/only-failures/