cruise.rb

task :cruise => [:copy_database_config] do
  RAILS_ENV = 'test'
  Rake::Task['db:drop'].invoke
  Rake::Task['db:create'].invoke
  Rake::Task['db:schema:load'].invoke

  Rake::Task['spec'].prerequisites.clear
  Rake::Task['spec'].invoke

  FileUtils.rm_f(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../rerun.txt')
  Rake::Task['cucumber:ok'].prerequisites.clear
  Rake::Task['cucumber:ok'].invoke
end

task :copy_database_config do
  File.open(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../config/database.yml', 'w') do |file|
    file << <<YAML
test: &TEST
  adapter: mysql
  encoding: utf8
  reconnect: false
  pool: 5
  host: some.host
  database: test_database
  username: test_username
  password: test_password

cucumber:
  <<: *TEST
YAML
  end
end