Commands to debug Factory Girl from console

factory_girl_debugging.rb

require 'factory_girl_rails'
require 'rspec'
require 'rspec-rails'
require 'rspec/mocks/standalone' # => if factories need stubs (for remote services for example)

include FactoryGirl::Syntax::Methods # make FG methods available at top level, so you can do `> create :user`

def reload_factories!
  FactoryGirl.instance_variable_set(:@factories, nil) # => clear loaded factories/sequences
  # FactoryGirl.instance_variable_set(:@sequences, nil)
  load Rails.root.join('spec/factories.rb') # => loads factories again
end