[rspec-users] Running rails specs outside of the normal project tree

[David Chelimsky]

On 10/23/07, Scott Taylor <mailing_lists at railsnewbie.com> wrote:
>
> I want to create a spec/regressions directory with various
> regressions (for my rails project).  I tried the following:
>
> describe LoginController, "regression for user creation when
> steves_sister does not exist", :behavior_type => :controller do
>    controller_name :login
>
>    before :each do
>      @params = {
>        "commit"=>"Create Account",
>        "account"=> {
>
>    [snip]
> end
>
> But I got this error:
>
> 1)
> NoMethodError in 'LoginController regression for user creation when
> steves_sister does not exist should not raise an error'
> undefined method `controller_name' for #<#<Class:0x31f21f8>:0x31d7524>
> ./spec/regressions/
> 2007_09_01_login_controller_error_without_steves_sister_being_present_sp
> ec.rb:36:
> ./script/spec:4:
>
>   and do so...
>
> What am I doing wrong?

It's the id (not as in identifier) of steve's sister saying that she
does in fact exist.