HOWTO get SimpleCov to provide coverage of an externally mounted engine

spec_helper.rb

# NOTE hack to get SimpleCov to load MyEngine
# @see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9501607/simplecov-with-multiple-apps-or-in-short-how-does-simplecov-work
# @see https://twitter.com/TheDeadSerious/status/349851185819299840
SimpleCov.adapters.delete(:root_filter)
SimpleCov.filters.clear
SimpleCov.adapters.define 'engine_filter' do
  add_filter do |src|
    !(src.filename =~ /^#{SimpleCov.root}/) unless src.filename =~ /my_engine/
  end
end
SimpleCov.start('rails') do
  load_adapter 'engine_filter'
end if ENV['COVERAGE']

Tiny refactoring, you can use all the commands within the configure block as well, and there's no need for your custom adapter for defining a filter (unless you want to reuse it)

SimpleCov.start('rails') do
  adapters.delete(:root_filter)
  filters.clear
  add_filter do |src|
    !(src.filename =~ /^#{SimpleCov.root}/) unless src.filename =~ /my_engine/
  end
end if ENV['COVERAGE']

Thanks for the refactor :)

Nice work!

Slightly updated regexp, to avoid external libraries which contains same name as engine

SimpleCov.start('rails') do
  adapters.delete(:root_filter)
  filters.clear
  add_filter do |src|
    !(src.filename =~ /^#{SimpleCov.root}/) unless src.filename =~ /\/my_engine\//
  end
end if ENV['COVERAGE']