Enable deferred garbage collection.

deferred_garbage_collection.rb

# spec/support/deferred_garbage_collection.rb

class DeferredGarbageCollection

  DEFERRED_GC_THRESHOLD = (ENV['DEFER_GC'] || 15.0).to_f

  @@last_gc_run = Time.now

  def self.start
    GC.disable if DEFERRED_GC_THRESHOLD > 0
  end

  def self.reconsider
    if DEFERRED_GC_THRESHOLD > 0 && Time.now - @@last_gc_run >= DEFERRED_GC_THRESHOLD
      GC.enable
      GC.start
      GC.disable
      @@last_gc_run = Time.now
    end
  end
end

spec_helper.rb

# spec/spec_helper.rb

RSpec.configure do |config|
  config.before(:all) { DeferredGarbageCollection.start }
  config.after(:all) { DeferredGarbageCollection.reconsider }
end