blink1 + guard = simple test status indicator

README.md

Blink(1)

http://blink1.thingm.com/

CLI: brew install blink1

Gemfile

# ...
group :development, :test do
  # ...
  gem "guard", require: false
  gem "guard-shell", require: false
  # ...
end
# ...

Guardfile

# Add this to whatever your guardfile already has

notification :file, path: '.guard_result'

guard :shell do
  watch '.guard_result' do
    status = File.read('.guard_result').lines.first.strip if File.exists?('.guard_result')
    if status == 'failed'
      color = 'red'
    elsif status == 'success'
      color = 'green'
    else
      color = 'off'
    end
    `blink1 --#{color}` rescue nil
  end
end